Nautilus is GNOME’s default file manager application, and you may have seen it in many Linux distributions. It’s a good file manager with plenty of features. However, you can enhance your experience by employing some tweaks and tips. I am going to share such tips and tweaks in this article. Some tweaks may require installing additional Nautilus plugins, while some are … [Read more...] about 13 Ways to Tweak Nautilus File Manager in Linux to Get More Out of it
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Nautilus Devs Working on a New Way to Integrate Cloud Providers
Did you read my list of 3 neat new features coming to Nautilus? This set of improvements will really help to improve the usability of the GNOME file manager. But they’re not the only changes that could be winging their way to Nautilus. Work is underway on a new way to integrate cloud providers in Nautilus to deliver a more consistent and uniform experience — and this work … [Read more...] about Nautilus Devs Working on a New Way to Integrate Cloud Providers
3 New Features Coming to Nautilus
The release of GNOME 3.26 later this year is likely to bring a sizeable set of changes to the desktop, including new features for Nautilus. Yes, GNOME’s default file manager app, which also goes by the more frugal name of ‘Files’, could arrive with some souped up features under the hood. In this post we’ll show you three Nautilus features in development that might, if you … [Read more...] about 3 New Features Coming to Nautilus
Enable ‘New Document’ Context Menu in Ubuntu 17.04 Nautilus
The default Nautilus file browser lacks ‘New Document’ option in its context menu (right-click menu) in my fresh installed Ubuntu 17.04 Unity Desktop. When you right-click on blank area in Nautilus or Ubuntu Desktop, you’ll find there miss the ‘New Document’ option in the pop up menu. It’s easy to re-enable the option in Nautilus context menu. As it prompts in Templates … [Read more...] about Enable ‘New Document’ Context Menu in Ubuntu 17.04 Nautilus
How To Enable Nautilus Client-Side Decorations on Ubuntu
With our latest poll sparking lively debate about the merits (or otherwise) of client-side decorations in Linux apps, it feel like a ripe time present the following how to. In this post i’m going to tell you how to enable client-side decorations in Nautilus on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (and above) — and no, before you panic, you don’t need to switch desktop environment to do it! The … [Read more...] about How To Enable Nautilus Client-Side Decorations on Ubuntu
5 Major Improvements Coming in Nautilus 3.30
Files — the most famous FOSS file manager? A number of major improvements are headed to Nautilus, aka Files, aka the file manager at the heart of the GNOME desktop environment. Nautilus 3.30 will feature a redesigned path bar, new toolbar options, and improve support when running on low resolution screens. Prominent GNOME developer Carlos Soriano highlights the following key … [Read more...] about 5 Major Improvements Coming in Nautilus 3.30
Enable “Open as Admin” in Nautilus File Browser
It’s been a long time last time I wrote about how to enable “Open as root” or “Open as Administrator” in Nautilus’ context menu. A Nautilus extension called Nautilus Admin has been created for a period of time. It’s a simply Python script that adds some administrative actions to the right-click menu: Open as Administrator: opens a folder in a new Nautilus window running … [Read more...] about Enable “Open as Admin” in Nautilus File Browser
Why Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Will Use an Older Version of Nautilus
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS won’t ship with the latest version of the Nautilus file manager as initially expected. ‘The most practical option for Ubuntu is to stick with Nautilus 3.26 for the LTS’ Ubuntu devs have decided to release Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with Nautilus 3.26 installed so that users are able to put icons on the desktop. GNOME removed the option to put icons on the desktop … [Read more...] about Why Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Will Use an Older Version of Nautilus