Opera & Midnight Commander

[Sridhar M.A.]

On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 04:21:57PM -0600, Michael V. De Palatis wrote:
   > On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 11:21:57PM +0300, Harijs Buss wrote: 
   > > I was also unpleasantly surprised not to find mc in Ubuntu/Kubuntu 
   > > distributions. What was the reason to exclude this small but very useful 
   > > program (size only about 0.6 Mb) from Ubuntu distro? Being direct analog to 
   > > very popular FAR program in Windows world, mc makes life much easier for 
   > > Windows converts. It is essential for mc to be already in distribution 
   > > because it is often needed before any GUI and networking has been 
   > > established. 
   > > 
   > > Some other distros, e.g. Mandriva has mc right in the installation disks. 
   > 
   > I agree that mc should be included by default. I don't use it all the
   > time, but it is a very useful tool and can be quite beneficial to help
   > users new to linux to get comfortable with the command line.
   > 
For new users, I would suggest emelfm rather than mc. I am not sure
whether it is packaged for ubuntu.

Regards,

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