Re: Thank you to the author of MC

[Peter Masiar <peter masiar yale edu>]

Willie McKemie wrote:

> > without mc I'd not likely be using Linux. It's no mere
> > crutch, but rather foundation. Distro packagers who don't include it in
> > default installs are fools.
>
> I agree.  That would be Ubuntu.  I use Ubuntu almost exclusively now.  
> The first thing I do on a fresh install is use vi (terrible unintuitive 
> thing that it is) to edit /etc/apt/sources.list.  Then install mc.  
> Then, I can easily edit other files needing customization.

Please add my name too. mc is my favorite shell command :-)
Without mc there would be *much* harder to use Linux for me.

What we can do to promote mc more, help other beginners
to see the light? And lobby to make mc included by default?

--
Peter Masiar

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