[kde-linux] KDE 4. Trying to get it working like I need it to.

[Duncan]

Felix Miata posted on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:54:02 -0500 as excerpted:

> On 2009/11/11 05:07 (GMT-0600) Dale composed:
> 
>> One thing down.  What is this mc thing?  I got to go install this and
>> see if it is a replacement for Dolphin.
> 
> It's the most commonly used OFM on Linux, far more powerful than any GUI
> file manager on any platform:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OFM
> http://www.softpanorama.org/OFM/index.shtml

FWIW that wikipedia link is to a "disambiguation page".  The correct
choice there in this context would be "Orthodox File Manager",
with this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_file_manager

That page has a list of various OFMs on different platforms.
Here's the link to the wikipedia midnight commander page itself.
There's several screenshots, which should help clarify the concept.
Direct links to them follow, if you want to get a quick visual.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Commander

mc running in a konsole window on Linux.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f4/Midnightcommander.png

mc running on MS Windows Vista (watch the link-wrap, yes, it's available on MS)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/GNU_Midnight_Commander_4.1.36_Windows_Vista.png

mc running on a Sharp Zaurus (again, watch the link-wrap)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Sharp_Zaurus_SL-C1000_--_open_1280x960.jpg

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