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Konqueror
The best file manager ever invented. It does native FTP, SSH, has integrated MIME managers, mouse over preview of songs and movies, split left/right/top/bottom, fully customizable view and is a fully integrated web browser.

Now, I hope, a feature that has LONG been a malware attack vector in Windows, the way files are identified in Linux is to read the first few bytes of a file to definitively know what a file is. Adding .jpg.exe will be spoiled because Konqueror will know it isn't a .jpg. Is this ability available on a Windows port? Specifically, will the Windows version of Konqueror preread the files first few bytes to learn what the file actually is. (Why Windows has not added this basic ability long ago is beyond me)

Anyway, any Window person that I show, and they get used to this see that this one application beats any file manager in Windows hands down, and think about it, a LOT of our time is spent in file managers.

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Konqueror  TripleII | 01/25/08
Amen!  D. T. Schmitz | 01/25/08
You do know  Michael Kelly | 01/25/08
you know... also.....  LazLong | 01/28/08
+1  toadlife | 01/25/08
konqueror++  D. T. Schmitz | 01/25/08
Even though I use Gnome more now, I agree  stevey_d | 01/25/08
Konqueror vs Nautilus  wackoae | 01/25/08
Agree, Nautilus (and GNOME) sucks big time N/T  markbn | 01/25/08
I must be confused  Ole Man | 01/28/08
Agreed - and also confused  tomcloyd | 01/29/08
Nautilus (N/T)  markbn | 01/25/08
Absolutely agree.  dave.leigh@... | 01/26/08
I too must.. Absolutely Agree... with additions.  LazLong | 01/26/08
You forgot one  skeptic tank | 01/28/08
nice work adrian!  D. T. Schmitz | 01/25/08
RE: KDE 4 for Windows  Linux User 147560 | 01/25/08
And if so...  D. T. Schmitz | 01/25/08
Anybody have a bong pipe I can borrow? (kidding)  D. T. Schmitz | 01/25/08
Kexi  piechar@... | 01/28/08
SQlite  Linux User 147560 | 01/28/08
KDE 4 for Linux  Michael Kelly | 01/25/08
Perhaps more interesting  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/25/08
And there you have it!  D. T. Schmitz | 01/25/08
I agree  bryantrv | 01/25/08
This was the 'Promise' of JAVA  Spîkeý | 01/27/08
Java went one step to far  Michael Kelly | 01/28/08
The big question is... why?!  PB_z | 01/25/08
You speak the truth, but bloated.  TripleII | 01/25/08
I would add  Michael Kelly | 01/25/08
I agree  balaknair | 01/28/08
My take  toadlife | 01/25/08
Amarok, could agree on default view  TripleII | 01/25/08
About lyrics  DarkPhoenixFF4 | 01/28/08
K3B: and alien beings  Ole Man | 01/28/08
Absolutely  balaknair | 01/28/08
Three good reasons  Michael Kelly | 01/25/08
Ok...but...  techboy_z | 01/25/08
konqueror, kate and lots of pretty cool mini apps  stevey_d | 01/25/08
The why is that it does not EXCLUDE any windows apps,  hkommedal | 01/28/08
"Slower than erosion".  James T. Kirk | 01/25/08
KDE4 is a resource hog!  qmlscycrajg | 01/25/08
Ummm..  bryantrv | 01/25/08
You need more hard drive space than say Gnome  Michael Kelly | 01/25/08
Not really  kcredden2 | 01/25/08
KDE4  Magikx21 | 01/25/08
Embarrassing for M$  Don Collins | 01/26/08
embarrassing how?  otaddy | 01/26/08
I've been on Linux for a year  Don Collins | 01/26/08
Already been done...  fde101 | 01/28/08
It's been done on Windows too  Michael Kelly | 01/28/08
Re: embarrassing how?  none none | 01/27/08
Exactly!  hforman@... | 01/31/08
Hmmm...  skeptic tank | 01/28/08
The embarrassing point would be that it shows how a file-  hkommedal | 01/28/08
sign me up!  voyager529 | 01/26/08
RE: KDE 4 for Windows  The Rifleman | 01/27/08
Nokia to buy Trolltech  Tim Patterson | 01/28/08
RE: KDE 4 for Windows  info@... | 01/28/08
I tend to agree...  lawryll@... | 01/28/08
RE: KDE 4 for Windows  darkcompassuk | 01/28/08
Options are always a good thing  Timpraetor | 01/28/08
It's been done before - to one degree or another...  yid_witch@... | 01/28/08
RE: KDE 4 for Windows  jvhulst@... | 01/28/08
You've answered your owm question!  SpikeyMike | 01/28/08
If you got used to Konqueror, you would NOT want  hkommedal | 01/28/08
Krita for Windows! Yay!!  D. W. Bierbaum | 01/28/08
I doubt you'll be able to look forward to Compiz on Windows  Michael Kelly | 01/28/08
RE: KDE 4 for Windows  zdnet@... | 01/28/08
Look at it through the eyes of others  Michael Kelly | 01/28/08
Buying a Yugo and putting a Rolls Royce body on it  bruceslog | 01/28/08
RE: KDE 4 for Windows  randmart@... | 01/28/08
They're not a good example  Michael Kelly | 01/28/08
Good Point  Louis.Ross@... | 01/29/08
Did you miss it: Alpha-version. This version is far from  hkommedal | 01/28/08
Or Opera  fairportfan | 03/05/08
KDE on Linux is even better....  mikifinaz1@... | 01/28/08
RE: KDE 4 for Windows  vbgoz02@... | 01/29/08
They get a good file-manager in Konqueror if they have  hkommedal | 01/29/08
Linux XP... OH BOY!  e2001@... | 01/30/08
Why?  Nobu_z | 01/30/08

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