Even users of Linux distributions such as Ubuntu have found that when they go online asking how to do some function that could easily be accomplished using one of the GUI tools, often some obnoxious twit helpful person will reply by giving a bunch of stuff (that makes no sense at all to the uninitiated) to type in at the command line. I hate using the command line – if I had wanted to use a command line, I’d never have moved away from MS-DOS, and i cannot understand why Linux geeks insist on using it, and on trying to get others to use it.

I have to admit, I am one of those people who dislikes Linux for one major reason: Whenever you ask for help in any online forum, the knowledgeable people all seem to be command-line devotees, and they invariably give you instructions that involve typing long, arcane commands into the command line. Also, you really should read How to install Midnight Commander under Mac OS X (the easiest way?) before using the procedure shown here! Note that these instructions probably will not work unless you are running a relatively recent version of OS X. Image via WikipediaĮDIT: New article for Midnight Commander users: Fixing Midnight Commander’s unreadable dropdown menus.ĮDIT: This article has been revised to show the latest information as of 2012. Comments dated before the year 2013 were originally posted to his blog. This is an edited version of a post that originally appeared on a blog called The Michigan Telephone Blog, which was written by a friend before he decided to stop blogging.

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