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xfm (file manager)
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<p>Xfm (<i>X File Manager</i>) is a graphical <a href="/facts/File_manager/t7CSQ40a">file manager</a> for the <a href="/facts/X_Window_System/ac2vRIQL">X Window System</a>. </p><p>xfm filemanager is written with classic <a href="/facts/X_Athena_Widgets/Q0ksLYxs">Athena Widgets</a> included with X11 distribution and it uses only the following <a href="/facts/X11/ac2vRIQL">X11</a> libraries: </p> <ul><li>libx11 X11 client-side library</li> <li>libxmu6 X11 miscellaneous utility library</li> <li><a href="/facts/X_PixMap/4DqfE6Gf">X PixMap</a> library</li> <li><a href="/facts/X_Toolkit_Intrinsics/bD9XueHe">X Toolkit Intrinsics</a> library</li> <li>Xaw3d <a href="/facts/Xaw/Q0ksLYxs">(Athena) widget set</a></li></ul> <p>Xfm was very popular in 1990s, when it won the title of "Favorite File Manager" in the <a href="/facts/Linux_Journal/m7rosgex">Linux Journal</a> 1997 Readers' Choice Awards and finished 2nd in 1998. </p>