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Date:      Sun, 06 Dec 1998 12:23:06 -0600
From:      Kris Kirby <kris@airnet.net>
To:        "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can I run my useful linux utilities?
Message-ID:  <366ACB8A.5D6DEE81@airnet.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812052324240.441-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>

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Jason C. Wells wrote:
> >Red Hat Linux had "Midnight Commander" - a linux version of the DOS
> >"Norton Commander"... I can't imagine using DOS or linux without
> >that!
> 
> I use unix tools to do administration on my machine. I find them far more
> flexible and powerful than even the Norton Commander that I loved in DOS
> land.

In DOS, my favorite was List. But it had limits: no network drives. So
that put CDROMs out of the question. Quite annoying. In BSD, I favor fd.
Has most if not all of the functions and benefits of list without the
limits.

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