xdg-utils Wednesday Feb 20 3:05:39 2013 I do not really remember how I discovered the 'xdg-utils' debian package. All I know is that I do a lot of work at the command line I also like the eye candy of the desktop environment. As a matter o chance I came across the 'xdg-open' command to open a graphical win manager instance in the same location where you are on the command line. It comes really handy for example, when you are working inside a gi repository and you want to "visually" ensure that everything is rig in place before pushing. This way you can use the power of the comm line to work like a pro and revise stuff, if needed, on your deskto I use many aliases to move faster at the command line in the form o $ cdgitrepo1 or $ cdgitrepo2 and once there, I can launch my graphical window manager by simply typing: $ open (Which is an alias for: 'xdg-open .') By the way, I'm currently using pcmanfm with xfce4 since thunar tak ages to open because it supposedly checks mounted filesystems on th network. In my regular desktop thunar takes 15 seconds to open wher pcmanfm only 2 seconds. Besides, pcmanfm has the F4 keyboard shortcut that opens a terminal emulator right where you are on the gui manager so they (terminal a gui manager) complement each other perfectly to move from one to th other. Welcome home pcmanfm :)