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I personally swear by Total Commander[0] (previously Windows Commander). [0] http://www.ghisler.com/ http://www.ghisler.com/

reilly3000 12y ago
Looks like truly handy software. but my god that website. I mean, if you have have a counter that old, I wouldn't touch it either, but the rest... oiy. I want keybindings for browsing through screenshots, damnit!
- JBiserkov 12y ago
  I agree. The product itself is not updated as regularly as I would like, yet it's still way ahead in many areas - multi-rename tool, search, FTP client, plugins, customizability to name a few.
lawnchair_larry 12y ago
I was going to ask if you were Russian, then I noticed your username. Most TC fans I know are Russian, and most Russians I know are TC fans.
- JBiserkov 12y ago
  I'm not Russian, I'm Bulgarian :-) I really wish TC was open source so it was more actively developed.
DrPhish 12y ago
I came here to say this as well. There is nothing this software (+ plugins) cannot do. want to open an avi as a series of frames and extract individual images? Want to open MSIs and extract individual files from the installer? ISOs? Floppy images? DEB files? Want to copy files from a website in explorer view? An ssh server? Dropbox/GDrive/Onedrive? Ext2/3/4, ReiserFS, HFS/HFS+ partitions? There are also integrated viewers for everything from DBF files to SWF files, and the ability to add almost any file metadata as a sortable column in the file view. Having regex everywhere is also killer. I can't overstate how much more productive I am with this tool. I wish the native file managers were anywhere near this good so I could have a high-quality experience on any given machine without having to install additional software.
muro 12y ago
I use http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net/ http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net/ on linux, which is pretty-much a clone of total commander. I still like total commander better. As for open source - this one is, but it's written in delphi (pascal?) which makes it hard to contribute. Then again, it works well, so not sure what to contribute anyway.
- Shorel 12y ago
  They are all clones of the DOS and later Windows software called Norton Commander. Yes, I even have a copy of the Windows version of the original Norton Commander. I used version 2.0 of NC in DOS 3 and version 3 in DOS 5. I still miss the embedded viewing with Ctrl-Q that midnight commander is missing. And I still prefer NC over TC, because it was so consistent.
  - muro 12y ago
    yes, there was also "far", loved that one. I find the newer ones (especially total commander) much better than nc/mc.
    - hrez 12y ago
      Still is, active and opensource: http://www.farmanager.com/opensource.php?l=en http://www.farmanager.com/opensource.php?l=en
muro 12y ago
anyone knows something similar on os-x? my main missing tool from windows/linux. maybe I should try double commander on os-x...

reilly3000 12y ago

Looks like truly handy software. but my god that website. I mean, if you have have a counter that old, I wouldn't touch it either, but the rest... oiy. I want keybindings for browsing through screenshots, damnit!

JBiserkov 12y ago
I agree. The product itself is not updated as regularly as I would like, yet it's still way ahead in many areas - multi-rename tool, search, FTP client, plugins, customizability to name a few.

lawnchair_larry 12y ago

I was going to ask if you were Russian, then I noticed your username. Most TC fans I know are Russian, and most Russians I know are TC fans.

JBiserkov 12y ago
I'm not Russian, I'm Bulgarian :-) I really wish TC was open source so it was more actively developed.

DrPhish 12y ago

I came here to say this as well. There is nothing this software (+ plugins) cannot do. want to open an avi as a series of frames and extract individual images? Want to open MSIs and extract individual files from the installer? ISOs? Floppy images? DEB files? Want to copy files from a website in explorer view? An ssh server? Dropbox/GDrive/Onedrive? Ext2/3/4, ReiserFS, HFS/HFS+ partitions? There are also integrated viewers for everything from DBF files to SWF files, and the ability to add almost any file metadata as a sortable column in the file view. Having regex everywhere is also killer. I can't overstate how much more productive I am with this tool. I wish the native file managers were anywhere near this good so I could have a high-quality experience on any given machine without having to install additional software.

muro 12y ago

I use http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net/ http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net/ on linux, which is pretty-much a clone of total commander. I still like total commander better. As for open source - this one is, but it's written in delphi (pascal?) which makes it hard to contribute. Then again, it works well, so not sure what to contribute anyway.

Shorel 12y ago
They are all clones of the DOS and later Windows software called Norton Commander. Yes, I even have a copy of the Windows version of the original Norton Commander. I used version 2.0 of NC in DOS 3 and version 3 in DOS 5. I still miss the embedded viewing with Ctrl-Q that midnight commander is missing. And I still prefer NC over TC, because it was so consistent.
- muro 12y ago
  yes, there was also "far", loved that one. I find the newer ones (especially total commander) much better than nc/mc.
  - hrez 12y ago
    Still is, active and opensource: http://www.farmanager.com/opensource.php?l=en http://www.farmanager.com/opensource.php?l=en

muro 12y ago

anyone knows something similar on os-x? my main missing tool from windows/linux. maybe I should try double commander on os-x...