(In reply to David Rankin from comment #4) > As a workaround, using -u --nosubshell allows mc to start normally on the > box with the problem. There are many references to this issue around the > net, but no solution I could find. Thank you, that’s a nice workaround. And yes, I can confirm, that even for me (while working in Distrobox, I am on MicroOS) `mc -u` starts instantaneously, otherwise I can reproduce the problem 100%.