David Both

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David Both
Raleigh

David Both is an Open Source Software and GNU/Linux advocate, trainer, writer, and speaker. He has been working with Linux and Open Source Software since 1996 and with computers since 1969. He is a strong proponent of and evangelist for the "Linux Philosophy for System Administrators."

He has written articles for magazines including, Linux Magazine, Linux Journal, and OS/2 Magazine back when there was such a thing. He currently writes prolifically for OpenSource.com. He particularly enjoys learning new things while researching his books and articles, building his own computers, and helping his grandchildren build their computers. He has found some interesting
and unusual ways of problem solving, including sitting on one computer on which he was working.

David has published five books with Apress. Four solo works, “The Linux Philosophy for SysAdmins,” August 2018, and a three volume self-study training course, “Using and Administering Linux — From Zero to SysAdmin,” released in December, 2019. He has also written one book with co-author Cyndi Bulka, "Linux for Small Business Owners" that was released in 2022.

David currently lives in Raleigh, NC, with his amazing and supportive wife, Alice.

He can be reached via email at LinuxGeek46@both.org or on Mastodon at @LinuxGeek46@linuxrocks.online.

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I am not aware of any Linux file managers that support treeinfo files. But that does not mean there are not any. Perhaps someone else reading these comments might know of one.

However on the menu bar of Krusader, you could use Go==>Popular URL's or just do Ctrl-Z, either of which opens a popup with the most popular directory URLs listed. You can search with by typing in the Search field, or scroll through the entries. A bit more clicking but it may be an alternative for you.

Please let us all know how that works out for you. Thanks!

My next article will discuss SAR (System Activity Reporter) which provides a 30-day history of system activity that you can use for comparison purposes. Also, as I mentioned in the article, atop can save raw data and play it back later for comparison.