* Kai Ponte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [12-03-06 11:16]: > On Saturday 02 December 2006 19:30, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > Try mc, midnight commander. It uses much less resources and is > > text based. > > Thanks for the tip. I do slip into that when I have to downgrade into > the command line. It allows for some rudimentary work. However, I was > looking for a real file browser. :) Seriously, having been stuck in a > command line from '79 until about '93 (with the exception of my > school Macintoshes) I hope never to see the command line again.
but mc is probably as or more powerful/configurable than _any_ graphical file browser and functions very similar. use of the command line must be a personal thingy, I go to the command line for nearly everything that is possible there and _only_ revert to pictures when absolutely necessary, ie: editing photographs. I have returned to the trac-ball to stop reaching all over the desk for the mouze and then having to continually recenter it on a ?pad?. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
