LTD Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 All this recent talk about Linux has gotten me interested again, so I'm thinking of dual-booting Fedora, which is looking very good. One question I have before I install anything is which Gnome-based distro has the most intuitive filebrowser. For instance, OpenSUSE seems to have a "filter" box which looks extremely useful, etc. I'm leaning toward Fedora, but I'm willing to keep an open mind. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyro Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Fedora 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTD Posted December 6, 2008 Author Share Posted December 6, 2008 Well I downloaded the Fedora 10 LiveCD, and burned the ISO onto a CD (not a DVD) using Toast Titanium. No problem. If I open the CD, I see one file: "F10-i686-Live.iso." I try to boot from the LiveCD (MacBook Pro), by holding down the C key. It hangs for a bit, then boots into Leopard. Did I burn it right? It's been a while since I've done this. I'd appreciate any help. All I'm looking to do now is just try out Fedora 10 off the LiveCD, not actually install it to my HD. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarik Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 You need to burn it as an image, look for something in the menu that says 'Burn as ISO' or 'Burn image'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTD Posted December 6, 2008 Author Share Posted December 6, 2008 You need to burn it as an image, look for something in the menu that says 'Burn as ISO' or 'Burn image'. Ahh, that makes sense. I'll try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rage710 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 If you're trying to burn it on your Mac, go to to Disk Utility (located /Programs/Utilities/) and click Burn at the top of the window (when having the .ISO selected) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTD Posted December 6, 2008 Author Share Posted December 6, 2008 Thanks for the advice, guys. It worked. Just have to right click on the downloaded ISO and select "Toast It", and it's automatic from there. Fedora 10 looks very nice. Couldn't get the desktop effects to work, but I assume I'll have to download extras for that. Overall, just like I remembered Gnome, but better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Elv13 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 You can try some file browser. You don't need to use the default one. Dolphin (from KDE4) is good if you want to tag/comment stuff or have more advanced display (column view, like finder, separator between file type (jpg are separed form png and so on)). PCmanFM and thunar are faster. Konqueror and Krusader are much nore powerfull (konqueror3 is not availible anymore in fedora, but 4 is (less powerfull)). EmelFM, Midnight commander and GentooFM are fast and very different from what you will find in a "normal" file browser. Gnome commander is also interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted December 7, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 7, 2008 If you like Konqueror as a file browser, you might consider a KDE environment instead of Gnome. It is one of the few KDE apps that I actually use on an admittedly somewhat rare occasion. I think it includes a lot of handy tools that perhaps fall outside of a plain file browser (like a gallery page creator). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadgeek9 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I personally like Nautilus in any GNOME distribution (e.g.: Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch00 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Why Solaris of course! Hehe I just read this the other day. Amazing what's possible these days.... http://blogs.sun.com/erwann/entry/zfs_on_the_desktop_zfs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elv13 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Ubuntu got that too (not with zfs) if timevault is installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreuger Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 The distro basically should not matter. All distros can have every file browser out there. The difference is, what comes as the default one installed with the OS. Personally, PCManFM is my favourite but I use Konqueror and Thunar too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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