Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 22:18:33 -0500 From: Jason Morgan <jwm-freebsd-questions@sentinelchicken.net> To: Rod Person <rodperson@comcast.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Easy USB-drive automounter and "filemanager" for nontechies? Message-ID: <20070202031833.GG50541@sentinelchicken.net> In-Reply-To: <20070201212939.141a489c@atomizer.opensourcebeef.net> References: <867iv1mldg.fsf@Bacalao.shenton.org> <20070201212939.141a489c@atomizer.opensourcebeef.net>
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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
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