Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 23:35:35 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Easy USB-drive automounter and "filemanager" for nontechies? Message-ID: <45C2E9C7.3090601@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070202031833.GG50541@sentinelchicken.net> References: <867iv1mldg.fsf@Bacalao.shenton.org> <20070201212939.141a489c@atomizer.opensourcebeef.net> <20070202031833.GG50541@sentinelchicken.net>
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Jason Morgan wrote: > On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 09:29:39PM -0500, Rod Person wrote: >> On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:52:27 -0500 >> Chris Shenton <chris@shenton.org> wrote: >> >>> I'm looking for something like she'd get on a Mac or PC: >>> >>> 1. a way to automount the USB 'drive' when she plugs in >>> 2. a visual filemanager or some other friendly way for her to see >>> files and copy them off so she can mail them or whatnot. >>> 3. a way to safely unmount the USB device when she's done >>> >>> I've got no idea about friendly GUI/filemanager with drag-n-drop or >>> other easy way to get files off. She's using simple olde FVWM2 now >>> and I'd prefer not to load up a massive GUI like KDE or Gnome. I just >>> don't know what's out there, being a command line dinosuar myself. >>> >>> Any recommendations? >> >> Thunar. I just started using this it's part of XFCE4, but you can >> install it separately, I use it with fluxbox. It uses hal-d but it very >> light. > > My wife (non-techie) and I use Thunar in XFCE4.4. Thunar comes > installed by default with XFCE4.4, I believe. It is plenty fast and > doesn't require all the Gnome and KDE bloat. XFCE4 is also newbie > friendly and fast enough for my purposes. > > Cheers, > > Jason Anything that uses HALd will work with automounting drives out of the box if you set it up properly. -Garrett
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