XFE (X File Explorer) is a lightweight Windows File Explorer or Commander like file manager for Unix / Linux X.

It’s small memory footprint, very fast, and only requires the FOX library to be fully functional, and aims to light desktop users.

XFE features include:

• UTF-8 support
• Commander/Explorer interface with four UI modes
• Horizontal or vertical file panels stacking
• Integrated text editor (xfwrite), image viewer (xfimage)
• Integrated RPM or DEB packages installer / uninstaller (xfpack).
• Custom shell scripts (like Nautilus scripts)
• Search files and directories
• Disk usage command
• Mount/Unmount devices (for Linux only)
• Color, control, and icon themes (GNOME, KDE, Windows, …)
• Create and extract archives (tar, compress, zip, gzip, bzip2, xz, lzh, rar, ace, arj and 7zip formats are supported)
• File comparison (through external tool)
• Thumbnails image previews
• Configurable key bindings

To install XFE in Ubuntu, simply open terminal and run command:

sudo apt install xfe

Once installed open the file manager from your system application launcher and enjoy!

(Optional) To remove XFE, run command in terminal:

sudo apt remove --autoremove xfe