Two pane file manager : TuxCommander

[Gaël Léonet]

>>PS: Have you tried GNOME Commander (dunno if that project is still
>> maintained)? It's probably not as polished as Nautilus/Thunar, but it
>> does the two pane mode.
>Yes, but I don't like it  :( 
>It's GNOME Commander but I'm looking for GTK+ based commander without
>dependencies from GNOME.


There is another software similar to Total Commander on Linux : Tux 
Commander

http://tuxcmd.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php

I think that it meets your needs

Gael