On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:09:08 -0500 Sam Vagni <sam.va...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > What in fact is 'midnight commander', is it distro specific or > application or software...? Didn't get this point....Is it a file > manager like Nautilus or Dolpin (I heard of them...)? > It's an application for any Linux distribution. It is mainly a file manager and simple text editor, with a few other admin-type bells and whistles. The name comes from the days of DOS, thirty-ish years ago, when Peter Norton's Norton Commander was very popular. The mc looks quite like NC did. It's important because it is a text-mode program, and is probably the most popular file manager for servers, which generally do not have a GUI installed. There was at one time an X-based version, but I believe there currently is not one. As the previous poster said, it is easy to run as root, using sudo in a terminal. That's pretty much how you need to run X-based file managers as root, but 'sudo mc' is quick and easy to remember. The terminal will still accept most commands while mc stays open, so chown and chmod commands can be entered either as text or through the mc menus. The bottom line is that it is the most GUI-like of the text file managers and editors, and a basic familiarity with it is extremely useful when (not if) you one day have problems getting X to start. I use Nautilus almost all the time when actually using a Linux computer, but mc for all admin work. -- Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111125181729.610b3...@jretrading.com
