Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 21:29:39 -0500 From: Rod Person <rodperson@comcast.net> To: Chris Shenton <chris@shenton.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Easy USB-drive automounter and "filemanager" for nontechies? Message-ID: <20070201212939.141a489c@atomizer.opensourcebeef.net> In-Reply-To: <867iv1mldg.fsf@Bacalao.shenton.org> References: <867iv1mldg.fsf@Bacalao.shenton.org>
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--Sig_bVtYdi7L=8VB_AD5s45L.6i Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:52:27 -0500 Chris Shenton <chris@shenton.org> wrote: >=20 > I'm looking for something like she'd get on a Mac or PC: >=20 > 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 =20 >=20 >=20 > 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. >=20 > Any recommendations? =20 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. --=20 Rod ----- Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless like water. Now you put water into a cup and it becomes the cup. You put water in a bottle it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend. -- Bruce Lee --Sig_bVtYdi7L=8VB_AD5s45L.6i Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFwqIX3rDijyy3LEcRAuYWAKCk/6CYnzPRHtWdGR41bYNbLZ2C7ACfZ8KF XEYs8BSnVYqQo4w/SW8xHLc= =h3+S -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_bVtYdi7L=8VB_AD5s45L.6i--
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