Talk:File managers

Though I don't necessarily disagree, to what extent is inherently subjective statements like this warranted:

While no substitute for the command line, they can make basic file management and certain tiresome repetitive operations more enjoyable.

Marcel 21:38, Mar 6, 2004 (EST)

Well, quite a bit of that entire entry is poorly written, I'll admit. But I don't think the point of it is subjective. If you delete the class of utilities called 'shells' from the system, the system's trashed. If you rm 'rm', the system's going to be trashed. If you delete the class of utilities called 'file managers' from your system, you just have to type more. :) File managers are inherently limited or simply provide another layer - mc providing a shell interface when you used a shell interface to load mc to begin with. I had a similar discussion on a thread at LQ. I'm not saying anything *against* file managers - I love them - or anything that I think is too subjective. I think I'm trying to state an antidote to a common perception that *is* subjective and mistaken - "I don't need to know the command line. I've got a file manager!" The flipside is that a real hardcore UNIX guy might say "File managers suck - what's the use?" To which I say "typing 'cd' and 'ls' a thousand times a day gets really boring. Arrowing around is slightly less boring".

But, yeah, it's not very well written, so change it if you'd like. These were more 'starter entries' than finished products. If you don't like this one, then you should really check out text editors. :)

Digiot 01:31, Mar 7, 2004 (EST)