It seems the file system viewer feature maybe Cygwin specific. I was unable to reproduce the browser feature on Mandrake. Since the machine I installed Ubuntu on a week and a half ago has no keyboard and is not networked, I can't check that one out at the moment.

Version info:

  • Cygwin VI - Vi IMproved 6.3 (2004 June 7, compiled Jun 8 2004 10:02:10)
  • Mandrake VI - Vi IMproved 6.3 (2004 June 7, compiled Feb 2 2005 10:13:38)