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What is it ?

X File Explorer (Xfe) is an MS-Explorer or Commander like file manager for X. It is based on the popular, but discontinued, X Win Commander, originally developed by Maxim Baranov.
Xfe is developed since 2002 by Roland Baudin, a french Linux enthusiast.

Xfe aims to be the file manager of choice for all light thinking Unix addicts!

Why yet another file browser?

Yes, it's a good question. Why another file manager when many excellent choices exist already? Why not use a full-blown, animated, bells-and-whistles file manager like Konqueror, Nautilus or Rox?

The answer is quite simple: Although all these file managers are feature rich and cleverly designed, let's face it, they are huge! If you're a console addict, light desktop user or have an older system, resource hogging file managers just aren't the way to go. Especially since most file managers are Desktop dependent (KDE, Gnome, Xfce, etc.), requiring you to load all kinds of unwanted bloat onto your system.

So why XFE? Xfe is small, very fast and only requires the FOX library to be fully functional. Plus, it can be launched from the command line in a fraction of second. Xfe can also efficiently complete terminal commands. Personally, I use it in my everyday work and since I find it useful, I assume you will too!

Think light!

News

12/11/2009 - Version 1.32.1 released

This release fixes several minor bugs and updates brazilian, hungarian and swedish translations. Support for the ARJ archive format has also been added.

Many translations need to be updated! Please send me your po files.

19/10/2009 - Version 1.32 released

This release adds many improvements. First, a new trash can system was developed and is compatible with the freedesktop.org standards. Then, keyboard shortcuts are now fully customisable using a graphical interface within the Preferences dialog. The modern "Clearlooks like" control style was extended and completed. Moreover, Xfe startup performances were greatly improved. Many bugs, crash and usability issues were fixed and some translations were also updated.

1/08/2008 - Version 1.19.2 released

This release adds support for the 7zip archive format. Some minor bugs have also been fixed. German, spanish and hungarian translation have been updated.

3/07/2008 - Version 1.19.1 released

This release fixes some minor bugs and annoyances.

11/06/2008 - Version 1.19 released

This release fixes a severe bug that occurred when building Xfe on Fedora Linux. The swedish translation was also updated.