[arch-general] [OT?] Which is most future-proof desktop environment?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 27 Dec 2015 19:19:36 -0500, Sean Greenslade wrote:
>>Thunar, the file manager doesn't allow to split the window and
>>requires Gnome's virtual crap to provide mount functionality and so
>>on and so forth.  
>
>I can recommend using xfce with pcmanfm as the file manager instead of
>thunar. I prefer it for a variety of reasons, including its
>integration with file-roller. I also use udiskie to manage thumb drive
>mounts.

If I wouldn't use command line, then I would use engrampa instead of
file-roller, since I like menus. FWIW AUR provides engrampa-thunar.
However, I agree that spacefm is the better choice and even if I would
use Xfce4, then I would use roxterm instead of xfce4-terminal.