xfiles
Configurable and simple file manager for X11 (by phillbush)
xroach
Classic xroach game for X11 (by interkosmos)
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xfiles
Posts with mentions or reviews of xfiles.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-04.
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Suckless file manager?
GUI: xfiles, written in C, very lightweight but immensely powerfull (and has support for drag-and-drop)
- I rewrote my UNIX/X11 File Manager from scratch: code is simpler; threaded thumbnailing; alpha compositing with XRender; etc
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[OC] XFiles: A modular X11 file browser (WIP)
Hi! I have been working the last couple of weeks on XFiles1, a GUI file browser for X11 with modular design and appeal to configurability.
- X11 file manager, now with thumbnail loading done with stb_image.h in a separate thread.
- My last C+xlib project: a X11 file manager
xroach
Posts with mentions or reviews of xroach.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-25.
- Got called to a professor’s office after a complaint his Sparc4 was running slow
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remember any very old SunOS 2.x Sunview screen hacks?
Do you mean xroach? It's available for a few distros.
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It’s been a day already, now what?
xroach?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing xfiles and xroach you can also consider the following projects:
my_filters_001 - My filter lists - feel free to add these lists to uBlock Origin
xprompt - A dmenu rip-off with contextual completion
xmenu - a x11 menu utility
xnotify - read notifications from stdin and pop them up on the screen
classic-colors - Paint program for Unix. Inspired by MS Paint (Windows 95-98).
adblock - Personal filters and rules for AdGuard/uBlock Origin
letsblockit - Remove low-quality content and useless nags, focus on what matters. A community-maintained uBlock Origin filter set.
xmeltdown - A program to melt your screen
pmenu - A pie-menu in xlib and imlib2.