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Nemo is a file manager, similar to nautilus. It is used by default in Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition.

Nemo is a file manager used by default in Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition.

Nemo was forked from Nautilus 3.4 by the Linux mint project in September 2012 due to major changes in Nautilus 3.6. In Nautilus 3.6 the GNOME developers removed a lot of features from Nautilus 3.4, which caused the forking of the project. In nemo missing features from Nautilus 3.6 were reintroduced.

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Make nemo the default file browser

I installed Ubuntu 12.10, then installed Nemo. Now I would like to make Nemo the default file manager. I've searched the web for a solution but every time I restart my computer Nautilus come back. Does anyone know an effective solution?
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Why doesn't Nemo preview thumbnails?

I have a problem with thumbnails on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32-bit system with Cinnamon 2.0.14 DE and Nemo 2.08. I have tried removing the ~/.thumbnails directory but it is not working for me. This is very weird because when I open an image in Eye of…
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How to set Nemo as the default file manager in Ubuntu?

I just installed Ubuntu and I want to replace nautilus with Nemo. I first installed Nemo by using the following commands: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:embrosyn/cinnamon sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nemo I then used the following commands…
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Missing nemo right-click "extract/compress files"

recently I installed nemo as default filemanager replacing the nautilus. So far it work perfectly except the fact that I missed the "right click extract/compress". I've installed nemo 2.2.2 and nemo-fileroller through apt-get command on Ubuntu…
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Transfer files between two remote SSH servers

Is there an easy way to transfer files between two SSH/SFTP servers? The perfect solution would be FileZilla, but it only lets you create a connection between local and remote, but not between remote and remote. Theoretically I could open two…
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Change the opacity of a cut selection (nemo.css)

I am trying to find what I need to edit in a GTK theme (specifically Ambiance) to change the opacity of a cut file. A selected file is orange and when I cut it, it is a little opaque - I'd like it to be more transparent, so that it is easily…
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Prevent Nautilus / Nemo from creating .Trash-1000 folder in mounted devices

Both Nautilus and Nemo create hidden folders called .Trash-1000 in any mounted device, apparently to manage their Trash folder. This is mighty confusing in network drives that are mounted by other users, that may be using other operating systems or…
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How can I make all applications use Nemo's file selection dialog instead of Nautilus?

I switched to nemo a long time ago, because I think it's superior to nautilus in many ways. One small thing bothers me however: Whenever I want to open a document in gedit (or evince, but I'm sure there are other programs as well) not the nemo…
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How to set nemo as default instead of nautilus?

I have recently installed nemo with: sudo apt-get install nemo But I am finding that other applications still are using nautilus to open folders like for instance the Unity search still opens its search results and folders in nautilus. So is there…
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Disable thumbnail creation for specific folders only, but all users

How do I prevent my Ubuntu 14.10 (now 15.04) from creating and saving thumbnails for a specific folder only? I want to tell the thumbnailer to skip over that single folder (and subfolders), but for all existing and future user accounts. I read some…
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How do I install Nemo file manager?

How do I install Nemo File Manager, a fork of nautilus 3.4 by the Linux Mint team?
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How can I place the nautilus - nemo sidebar to the right?

Is there a way to place the sidebar of nautilus and/or nemo to the right and not in the left?
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Customize nemo keyboard shortcuts in Ubuntu 13.04

I'm on Ubuntu 13.04 and ran through the steps outlined on Completely integrate nemo in Ubuntu. I understand that Nemo is a cloned-fork off of Nautilus and was hoping that I'd be able to adjust the keyboard shortcuts for it in the same way... For…
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Keyboard shortcut for "open a terminal here" in Nemo

How can I make a keyboard shortcut for "Open a terminal here" in Nemo? I am finding the "Files" manager formerly known as nautilus that comes with Ubuntu 13.04 to be too crippled to bother using anymore, and I have switched to Nemo file manager with…
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How to install nemo extensions?

I have ubuntu 16.04 and Nemo file manager. I downloaded nemo file extensions from here: https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo-extensions First, where are details of the extensions? Second, how do I 'install' this extension from zip file in Ubuntu…
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