I've wanted to 'make the switch' since 1998 when Corel came out with its own version of Linux.

If you decide to read this ongoing series, it was his idea from the start. Stand-alone, small, fast, and RAM-friendly.Urlwolf gave me a good idea to document my switch from Windows to GNU/Linux. Easy to use, start working in no time (interface similar to Explorer). Installing and running the program does not change your system or registry. Full support for drag n drop and wheel mouse. Instant file content view for all files (ASCII and binary), including ultra-fast text extraction from binaries. Preview of installed and uninstalled font files. mp3, ogg, ape, musepack), and video files (displaying detailed media information). Instant preview of image (all common formats), audio (incl. Thumbnails of image files right in the list view. Instant display of complete file information for each selected file. Icon-extraction, multifile time-stamping and attribute-stamping. A large suite of useful commands added to the standard file context menu, including Copy To, Move To, Copy Filename with Path, Copy File Properties, Copy Icon, Batch Rename. Can highlight (configurable colors) folders in treeview. Can define favorite folders and drop on favorites. For each file and folder, the (real!) disk space used is immediately displayed. Show folder sizes right in the file list. Export extended file informations of whole directories/trees to CSV-formatted files. Various sorts of file system reports (to clipboard, file, and printer). Features: File search supporting Boolean logic, Regular Expressions, pattern matching, and binary string search. XYplorer is a tool rather than a toy, and targets power users and computer professionals who are looking for an Explorer replacement that deserves its name. XYplorer is a portable multi-tabbed file manager featuring a powerful file search, versatile preview facilities, a highly customizable interface, and an array of unique ways to efficiently automate frequently recurring tasks.

Donald lessau