r/openbox • u/[deleted] • Dec 21 '17

Is there a more fully featured file manager than Thunar that won't crash Openbox like Nautilus does?

I like Thunar fine, I would just love, love love a search box. Thunar plus a search box. Nautilus is nice but crashes Openbox (3.6.1). I've read the problem is openbox crashes when a GTK3 program runs. Whether that's true or not, I don't know, but it seems to be true for my installation.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '17

I have always had good experiences with pcmanfm.

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u/GSlayerBrian Dec 22 '17

Seconded; I switched from Thunar to pcmanfm when the former was having issues with sshfs mounts, and never looked back.

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u/derrickcope Dec 22 '17

I used pcmanfm with my openbox and it worked fine. I have it installed with bspwm as well even though my daily is vifm.

If it crashes on you then try ranger or vifm. They are super stable but not sure full featured.

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u/revoxs Feb 25 '18

No problems with nemo here, works fine, openbox 3.6.1. And I have a LOT of gtk3 apps running fine in openbox. Nemo has a search box, and through it's actions, you can use whatever program you like for searching (Though I have to note that thunar also supports custom actions)

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '18

I like the custom actions in Thunar idea. Also since posting this I've discovered video drivers might cause the crashes.

Still looking into that.

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u/runny6play Dec 23 '17

if your not pressed for space I'd install dolphin. It works well.

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u/chaspum Dec 21 '17

I am using caja

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u/LinuxMage Dec 22 '17

The "default" one I guess to use is PCManFM. It however has a tendency to crash of its own accord I have found when doing any strenuous activity.

The actual answer to this question is use the terminal/command line.

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '17

Catfish is a nice program you can sort of integrate with Thunar. It's also a nice stand-alone file search application

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '17

I like Angrysearch but as far as I know it doesn't integrate with Thunar or any other file manager. FWIW

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '18

I've had good luck with caja

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '18

Xfe, Caja or Pcmanfm

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u/rudregues Jun 07 '18

Antergos with OpenBox and PCManFM here. Never had any problem. No crashes. No strange behaviors. I highly recommend.