The new MacBook

Re:The new MacBook by JBiserkov on Monday March 09, 2015 @06:44PM (#9174581)

I personally swear by Total Commander[0] (previously Windows Commander).

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Re:The new MacBook by DrPhish on Monday March 09, 2015 @08:25PM (#9175092)

I came here to say this as well. There is nothing this software (+ plugins) cannot do. want to open an avi as a series of frames and extract individual images? Want to open MSIs and extract individual files from the installer? ISOs? Floppy images? DEB files? Want to copy files from a website in explorer view? An ssh server? Dropbox/GDrive/Onedrive? Ext2/3/4, ReiserFS, HFS/HFS+ partitions? There are also integrated viewers for everything from DBF files to SWF files, and the ability to add almost any file metadata as a sortable column in the file view. Having regex everywhere is also killer.

I can't overstate how much more productive I am with this tool. I wish the native file managers were anywhere near this good so I could have a high-quality experience on any given machine without having to install additional software.

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Re:The new MacBook by muro on Monday March 09, 2015 @08:40PM (#9175152)

I use http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net/ on linux, which is pretty-much a clone of total commander. I still like total commander better.

As for open source - this one is, but it's written in delphi (pascal?) which makes it hard to contribute. Then again, it works well, so not sure what to contribute anyway.

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Re:The new MacBook by Shorel on Monday March 09, 2015 @10:54PM (#9175735)

They are all clones of the DOS and later Windows software called Norton Commander.

Yes, I even have a copy of the Windows version of the original Norton Commander.

I used version 2.0 of NC in DOS 3 and version 3 in DOS 5.

I still miss the embedded viewing with Ctrl-Q that midnight commander is missing.

And I still prefer NC over TC, because it was so consistent.

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Re:The new MacBook by muro on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @06:06AM (#9176892)

yes, there was also "far", loved that one.

I find the newer ones (especially total commander) much better than nc/mc.

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Re:The new MacBook by hrez on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @06:05PM (#9180995)

Still is, active and opensource: http://www.farmanager.com/opensource.php?l=en

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Re:The new MacBook by lawnchair_larry on Monday March 09, 2015 @07:15PM (#9174768)

I was going to ask if you were Russian, then I noticed your username.

Most TC fans I know are Russian, and most Russians I know are TC fans.

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Re:The new MacBook by JBiserkov on Monday March 09, 2015 @08:04PM (#9175001)

I'm not Russian, I'm Bulgarian :-)

I really wish TC was open source so it was more actively developed.

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Re:The new MacBook by reilly3000 on Monday March 09, 2015 @06:56PM (#9174651)

Looks like truly handy software. but my god that website. I mean, if you have have a counter that old, I wouldn't touch it either, but the rest... oiy. I want keybindings for browsing through screenshots, damnit!

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Re:The new MacBook by JBiserkov on Monday March 09, 2015 @07:17PM (#9174781)

I agree. The product itself is not updated as regularly as I would like, yet it's still way ahead in many areas - multi-rename tool, search, FTP client, plugins, customizability to name a few.

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Re:The new MacBook by muro on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @06:08AM (#9176896)

anyone knows something similar on os-x? my main missing tool from windows/linux. maybe I should try double commander on os-x...

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