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FreeCommanderThinstaller - June 23, 2008 - 3:32am
A few days ago I've noticed a great free file manager called FreeCommander. ( categories: )
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As much as I am glad they
As much as I am glad they made a package for that and all, We have Xenon File Manager which has tabbed browsing and also is Open-Source were as (if I remember) FreeCommander is not Open-Source.
Also taking a closer look at their launcher it's too closely like one of John's Launchers (yes they do acknowledge him) but I think it's borderlining on fringement of Johns Copyright (I could be wrong about that)
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I like Xenon but it loads
I like Xenon but it loads slowly for me and I just found FreeCommander...it's great to have a choice - I can use both depending...
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An alternative(opensource, of course!)
An excellent alternative could be the actually "cool" CoolExplorer. It loads very fast(faster than a second) works with two file boxes, you can click on any of the lower directories, each of the file boxes are tabbed, it has a FTP-explorer, it doesn't write anything in "Documents and settings", it works on all 32-bit Windows and IT'S OPENSOURCE! Contrary to the small version number(0.7, released 2008-04-08 07:52), it seems to be stable and very useful. Isn't it the perfect alternative to the antiquated xenon browser?
It's Clothed Source
Yes, the license of FreeCommander clearly verifies that it's not open.(see FreeCommander - freeware file manager/License) It says in the first paragraph that you may not bundle in other software packages - for example in a portable version here - without permission of the author. However, if there is a portable version for PortableApps Launcher, you could simply add a link here with the notice that it's not developed by PortableApps.
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You do mean John's copyleft, don't you ?
Launcher is to closely like
Launcher is to closely like John's launcher?
How many ways can you make an NSIS launcher that does what a launcher should do. And how should anyone approach making a launcher that is compatible with PortableApps.com platform while not infringing on John's copyrights (besides moving to another developement platform entirely)?
So FreeCommander is a closed source and it uses an launcher based opon John's launcher?
settings
I tried the one from this site, and it doesn't keep its settings after restart.
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