Latest version of Nautilus (Gnome 2.24) have list view option it also supports tabbed browsing, probably not available at 8.04
Gnome commander is a nc like application available at the repository. Also mc (midnight commender) which is terminal based Choose the desktop that fits you the best. and no need to uninstall GNOME, all the desktops can co-exists together, you choose which desktop to use in login screen - Gnome tends to be simple but consistent, the developers follows their HIG strictly (but less customization options) - KDE comes with many Customizations (and feels more 'windowish' to me, which I don't like) - Xfce is very lightweight, good for low-end systems, (sometimes feels quite limiting) Mahmood -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd