Re: IBM Systems Mag sez "All Hail the Midnight Commander!"
Joerg Thuemmler <[email protected]>
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Am 30.11.2018 um 02:56 schrieb Nate Bargmann: > I'll take this opportunity to thank all of the contributors to this > wonderful program that I have been using since 1996 with my first foray > into Slackware Linux. I recall that its package description said > something about Norton Commander, but I never saw it or used it back in > my MS/PC-DOS days. > > Midnight Commander is the first package I install on a new system if it > isn't installed already. I recommend it to everyone interested in > trying Linux. It is such a versatile program that over time I'll have > five or six instances of mc running in various virtual terminals. > Sometimes I'll find I started it twice in the same vt! > > Thanks again. > > - Nate > > couldn't say it better... I used Norton Commander and in his time it plays the same role. All the early Windows freaks played around with their file explorers and I was three times faster to change the config.sys... In 90 I used an east german clone of BSD III with an app named "rnc" and when I changed to Sinix (a SysVR4 Unix derivate) in 91 I even programmed a "lightweight" nc from scratch for my admin purposes (a bloody simple thing). I was surprised (and ashamed for my own elaborate) when I changed to Linux 99 and saw mc! Since then I use mcedit as my standard programming editor. So I'm *very* thankful for your work! regards -- Joerg Thuemmler _______________________________________________ mc mailing list https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc