[hereforcomments]

It's extremely popular in Hungary, almost everyone has it installed. I've been using in for at least 20 years. When I moved to the UK 10 years ago I was quite surprised that nobody knew it.

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now%201-d&q=%2...

[nanna]

Fascinating. I used it in the '00s and would never have thought to try it again. Why don't out think it's so popular in Hungary? And Cuba, Czechia, Slovakia...? UTF-8 capabilities?

I'm wondering it if is similar to Emacs Dired

[hereforcomments]

I think in Cuba, Belarus, Uzbekistan... "total commander" has a different meaning :D

I don't think it's UTF-8 as Windows has been able to handle non-English alphabet letters for ages. I don't not know whether it has any specific, location related reason. I can work a lot faster with it than with File Explorer.

It's like the Bud Spencer and Terence Hill movies. They are extremely popular here, in Germany, Austria, Italy but the rest of the world have not even heard about them. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=%2Fm%2F0...

We even have a statue of him at a frequented area. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Spencer

[jahav]

Two panels + fast keyboard navigation across directories is big for me. I like the overview, speed and simplicity. File Explorer is just ... nope.

I am sure there are other programs, like Double Commander or maybe Salamander Commander if it still exists, but this is what I settled on.

My most used features are:

Archives:

* Comparison of files in Zip file/directories, just go to the zip file and do synchronize directory to see differences

* Edit file and save it to zip after modification - no need to copy to temp location, it does it for you

* Pack/unpack are common

Lister

* Easy switch from hexa to text, fast, lightweight.

* Checksums - create and verify

[dvh]

I think it's because it resembles Norton commander

[deely3]

Or Volkov Commander.