Re: Musings on debian-user list

* Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@xxxxxxx> [2009 Jul 28 13:46 -0500]:

I'd suggest that you first wean yourself off Nautilus, doing as much
file management as possible from the CLI. Then, one by one, find CLI
replacements for the management tasks you currently use a GUI for.

Balderdash!! Yes, knowing cp, mv, ls, and friends is useful and at
times even necessary, but do install the mc package (Midnight
Commander) and enjoy the Swiss Army Chainsaw of Linux system
management. It has a friendlier editor than vi (although vi can be
invoked for the sadists amongst us) and has many not so obvious
features that bring an efficiency to system management I've not found
in any other program.

- Nate >>

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