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D. Both, C. BulkaLinux for Small Business Ownershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8264-9_11

11. Easy File Management

David Both1   and Cyndi Bulka1
(1)
Raleigh, NC, USA
 

Objectives

After reading this chapter, you will be able to

  • Configure the Thunar file manager

  • Use the Thunar file manager to move, copy, and delete files

  • Mount and unmount external USB storage devices when they are connected and disconnected

  • Access the files on external storage devices

Introduction

Computers are all about files. Linux itself is a collection of many files, application programs like LibreOffice are made up of many files, and the documents, spreadsheets, financial data, photos, videos, ...

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