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by dvfjsdhgfv 1366 days ago
> Edit - Midnight Commander - Although i did upgrade to the SpeedCommander.

AFAIR MC is for Unices only, whereas SC is for Windows. Out of curiosity: why did you decide to use a commercial product when open alternatives are available, such as FAR?
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bilekas 1366 days ago
Well I went from MC in the old days that was what I got used to and so when moving to Windows enviornments I found TotalCommander - But after a few years it was a little bit annoying having to extend it myself for things like sftp support, while looking for a better solution I came across SpeedCommander and haven't looked since..

FAR is new to me though - I'll check it out though ! Thanks, might be my new favorite after all !

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JeanMarcS 1366 days ago
If it was on DOS, may be you are referencing to Norton Commander ?
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bilekas 1365 days ago
Nah, this was on my centos days, my old man was working with them so I used to always be playing with linux distros, used to get the odd linux magazines that would come with a fedora release and the odd redHat IIRC. They would have a whole section on how to install them too.. Slackware was something of a challenge for me as a kid..

If I'm not mistaken though NC was the predecessor of MC!

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