Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 19th Dec 2006 22:31 UTC
"Linux file manager ontogeny encapsulates the history of GNU/Linux. File managers began as command-line and generic graphical tools and progressed to desktop-specific ones, gaining sophistication along the way, with mouse controls, for example, replacing buttons. Today, the more than a dozen options highlighted here will suit users with widely varied interests."
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2006-10-08
"I use MC as a file manager and development environment. It provides extremelly fast interface, text editor with syntax highlighting and many other good features. "
Same here, too. The MC is a very good implementation of "source target operations" which seem to be the most ones used. The mc.ext mechanism allows "running files" (to be correct: run the registered applications and load the file) by pressing RETURN (or double-clicking, if you like it), so there's a good "interoperability" even on GUI systems (inside xterm, where it even supports mouse drag'n'drop). The syntax highlighting is customizable and extendable. Configuration is possible via text files. It even supports Meta key combinations (for those who are happy to have Meta keys). Those who are familiar with the old Norton Commander interface and keybindings are usually happy with MC. SMB and FTP links, as well as archive operations, complete the usefulness of this "must-have tool".
Personally I use the MC in the GUI world (together with WindowMaker) and even in 80x25 console mode. It's accessible via SSH connections. What for? For file searching, sorting, managing, for development (as mentioned above - mcedit) and even for multimedia stuff. BTW, I don't use it on Linux, but on UNIX. :-)
I have not found a file manager that does everything the MC can do (or does it better) yet.
Edited 2006-12-20 18:03