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Anytime I see this stuff, I get nostalgic for Norton Commander (it was HUGE in the USSR when I was a kid learning computers in the late 80s and early 90s) But

Anytime I see this stuff, I get nostalgic for Norton Commander (it was HUGE in the USSR when I was a kid learning computers in the late 80s and early 90s) But somehow the reality of how I - and I think most people - use computers today is very different. I don't find myself navigating a shallow directory hierarchy and making file operations too often. A part of it is that all the stuff is in the cloud or at least connected to applications (eg: I am more likely to navigate my coding projects from an IDE than from Shell/MC) And when I administer eg my home linux system, it seems more likely that I jump to a random far-away directory or edit a specific file, rather than navigating the filesystem MC stye. I am curious how people are using computers today that MC-like interface is still most suitable.

forgotmypw17 1y ago
I use Total Commander on Windows all the time. It is much better than Explorer at so many things, such as: - Actually letting you navigate the directory structure. - Making WSL volumes easy to work with. - Keyboard accessibility. - Dealing with many tabs and bookmarks. - A stable interface that doesn't randomly change without my consent. - Many other things I'll omit for time reasons.
- HackerThemAll 1y ago
  - Multi-rename tool. - Synchronize directories (symmetric and asymmetric, with subdirectories). - Background operations. - Operation queue (so that you don't thrash disks while doing many operations). - Start menu. - Displaying directory sizes easily. - Great file search. - Diff viewer for text files. - F3 quick file viewer. - Compare directories. - Plugins. Those are my favorites.
0x457 1y ago
I remember a time when FAR was one of the first things I install on Windows.
YeGoblynQueenne 1y ago
On windows I use mc to navigate around the WSL-2 file system. On linux I use it to manage remote servers without a window manager (by design, because I don't need one). I also use it to pass files between my laptops over ssh, between windows and/or linux.
insane_dreamer 1y ago
I use MC all the item for both work and personal (and was using NC back in the day before MC). I find it much faster/more productive than all the GUI file explorers I've tried. Recursively find files -> Panelize alone is worth the price of admission. Multi-file select. Two-panel for easy moving/copying files, including to cloud/remote/ssh drives (just mount them). Quickly go back to previously visited folders in your history. Compare folders. etc etc > I jump to a random far-away directory Esc-C and type in the path. I do it all the time in MC. > or edit a specific file Navigate to folder (above), type first letters of filename to find it, press F4 to edit.

forgotmypw17 1y ago

I use Total Commander on Windows all the time. It is much better than Explorer at so many things, such as: - Actually letting you navigate the directory structure. - Making WSL volumes easy to work with. - Keyboard accessibility. - Dealing with many tabs and bookmarks. - A stable interface that doesn't randomly change without my consent. - Many other things I'll omit for time reasons.

HackerThemAll 1y ago
- Multi-rename tool. - Synchronize directories (symmetric and asymmetric, with subdirectories). - Background operations. - Operation queue (so that you don't thrash disks while doing many operations). - Start menu. - Displaying directory sizes easily. - Great file search. - Diff viewer for text files. - F3 quick file viewer. - Compare directories. - Plugins. Those are my favorites.

0x457 1y ago

I remember a time when FAR was one of the first things I install on Windows.

YeGoblynQueenne 1y ago

On windows I use mc to navigate around the WSL-2 file system. On linux I use it to manage remote servers without a window manager (by design, because I don't need one). I also use it to pass files between my laptops over ssh, between windows and/or linux.

insane_dreamer 1y ago

I use MC all the item for both work and personal (and was using NC back in the day before MC). I find it much faster/more productive than all the GUI file explorers I've tried. Recursively find files -> Panelize alone is worth the price of admission. Multi-file select. Two-panel for easy moving/copying files, including to cloud/remote/ssh drives (just mount them). Quickly go back to previously visited folders in your history. Compare folders. etc etc > I jump to a random far-away directory Esc-C and type in the path. I do it all the time in MC. > or edit a specific file Navigate to folder (above), type first letters of filename to find it, press F4 to edit.