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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Den 2014-11-16 18:25, Israel skrev:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> For all who were not present yesterday, we had an off-the-record discussion.
> We all decided to think over the current ToriOS setup.
> 
> Here are some of the thoughts we had:
> 
> Rox-filer is VERY lightweight, but has some inherent issue.
> 
> So we discussed (and tested ) using PCManFM instead of udiskie and Rox.
> I am going to build an ISO soon with this setup and we can further test
> this.
> 
> From my initial testing it seems that the memory difference is very
> minor... so minor I was unable to accurately determine if it did use
> more or less memory.  It was very close indeed.
> 
> PCManFM (for those of you who have never used LXDE or Lubuntu) is a very
> lightweight Filemanager, that can handle mounting devices, and also
> handles a lot of the normal stuff, like MIME-types, trash being saved in
> a folder before being deleted permanently, etc...
> 
> As far as we were concerned PCManFM is the best choice for us.  It
> retains the correct Numix-gtk theme, and worked very well.
> 
> If anyone is opposed to this please speak up!
> 
> We all thought the benefits of it outweigh the possible downsides.  The
> only downside I noticed was that it opened a bit slower than Rox... it
> took maybe 1 or 2 seconds to open, rather than opening instantly like
> Rox does.  But this is the initial testing... if I start it in the
> background (to handle mounting volumes like udiskie has) it may open
> just as quickly.
> removing udiskie from the mix may offset any memory losses by using
> pcmanfm...
> 
> I'll let you all know when I have an image to test.
> 
Hi Israel and all toriosadores,

I'm happy with pcmanfm :-)

Best regards
Nio