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Very useful, I bought it years ago and used it on Windows. I've been using only Linux for about 10 years now, but I'd like to use Total Commander on Linux.

Double Commander is open source, cross-platform and written with Lazarus / FPC : https://doublecmd.sourceforge.io/

But ... I am not able not to use Midnight Commander ...

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MC has the bonus of retaining the original Norton Commander vibe for console fans, but I personally prefer Double Commander, which is a GUI app and feels more familiar because I went the Norton Commander (DOS) -> Total Commander (Windows) -> Double Commander (Linux) route. BTW, there was a Norton Commander for Windows too (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Commander#Norton_Comman...), but it never gained much traction...

What I always miss with these alternatives compared to TC is that they don't work like a terminal when typing. For instance in TC when I type 'cd ..' it navigates one directory up in the focused panel. While in Double Commander it starts to search for 'cd ..'. I don't want to click on the bottom text bar each time I want to execute a command. Maybe this can be configured but I cannot find the right setting.

Let's not forget you can also type cd ftp://user@host/path in mc and it will connect :)

I've tried several TC GUI clones for Linux and Mac and every single one i've tried missed the terminal function, so I still use MC.

If anyone can point me to a GUI one that works like mc...

Try Krusader!

Thanks for the suggestion, but I am on Linux Mint with Cinnamon (and evaluating to move to Debian testing with Gnome or XFCE when the Wayland support will be available). Installing Krusader would fill my GTK based system with KDE dependencies ... I'm not sure it is a good idea. It looks very well done in any case !

FWIW, the KDE support apps are excellent and disk space is cheap; although I am a KDE user whenever I am on a non-KDE system I invariably end up installing a bunch of them shortly. The dependencies just sit on your disk not doing anything when they're not used, it's not worth having apprehension over installing them unless you are extremely short on disk space or something.

You do yourself a disservice by avoiding them.

Just installed, many thanks for the suggestion !

I switched to Ubuntu recently and have tried to find an alternative to Konsole ever since (I heavily used the unlimited scrollback together with the search function, which is a feature most terminal emulators lack), and finally settled on WezTerm, which is pretty good, but still has some rough edges. Maybe I should just install Konsole?

Tried Double Commander several times, GTK and QT versions, and while it is almost exact copy of TC, it seemed somehow "off", and I never could use it properly.

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