Ubuntu
libx11 package

  1. Bionic (18.04)
  2. Bug #1782984
  3. Comment #32

Comment 32 for bug 1782984

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Janos Verebes (janoka72hun) wrote : Re: PCManFM crashes frequently on Lubuntu 18.04

The topic seems to be a bit abandoned suggesting all is good as it is not.

A little workaround since PCManFM handles the desktop well, to install CAJA file manager with its plugins (originally comes with Mate desktop). As I work with it for about two weeks it seems to be OK. No freeze, no problem with Lubuntu 18.04.1 LTS.
 I am one of those who are enjoying lightning speed and great scalability of Lubuntu for years, and it would be really sad having to give it up and change to a "maybe shinier" but much slower desktop. I want to try anything to bring it back to life since PcManFM is my favorite, but editing, renaming, copying, moving lot of files as I do makes this freezing problem quite an annoying and somehow dangerous. Until a reliable solution comes up I work with Caja as a second possibility of file managing.

If any of "suffering" Lubuntu Bionic users is interested in using caja and its plugins, install the following packages:

sudo apt install caja caja-open-terminal caja-extensions-common caja-actions caja-image-converter mate-terminal caja-rename engrampa

("mate-terminal" is for "Open terminal here" function, and "engrampa" archive manager is for "create-archive" function.)

Thanks, Regards,
Janos