A compromise solution.

[Nigel Ridley]

Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> Just in case someone here ran into the same sort of problems as I 
> did, I'll share a few ideas:
> 
> I tried several times to upgrade from 8.04 to 8.10: no go. 
> Everything locked up. Then, fresh install: still no go, only the 
> upper half of my screen was visible. After some fiddling with 
> X.org.conf I got a full screen and began to use KDE4. Then I 
> discovered - like many others here - that I had lost a lot of 
> functionality, especially Konqueror, but lots of other things too, 
> like all the options to customize my desktop easily.
> 
> OK, i gave up. Here's what I did in order to get happy again:
> 
> Fresh install of Ubuntu 8.10. Well, no decent file manager here 
> either, only the crappy nautilus. But the install went without a 
> hiccup. Then, installed kubuntu-desktop, kmail etc.. Fine, but still 
> no usable file manager. Installed krusader, which is a bit 'over the 
> top' for me. So I found a fine compromise between unusable Dolphin 
> and the geeky Krusader: 'emelfm2' (sudo apt-get install emelfm2).
> 
> So, now I have the best of two worlds: KDE + Gnome + a very fine and 
> potent file manager with a intuitive, graphic interface. Now I can 
> keep on upgrading both flavours automagically until KDE4 reaches 
> maturity. Happy days are here again...
> 
> Kaj Haulrich.

I remember using emelfm2 in Feather Linux on my retarded [old] laptop - very nice and easy to 
use. Also very feature rich!
I liked it. I will install it when I get around to doing a fresh install of Intrepid on my 
Inspiron 1525.

Thanks for reminding me of emelfm2 :-)

Blessings,

Nigel

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