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Nine Things You Should Know About Nautilus

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the use-your-system-better dept.

lessthan0 writes "The Nautilus program in GNOME is not only the default file manager, it creates and manages the desktop. While it looks simple on the surface, there is a lot of hidden power under the shell. The latest version of Nautilus is 2.14.0, which is included in Fedora Core 5. article covers a few non-obvious things about how Nautilus works."

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  1. As a long-time GNOME user... by Black+Parrot · · Score: 4, Funny

    The only thing I've ever bothered to learn about Nautilus is how to disable it after every upgrade.

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    Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
  2. Re:Kan it run in KDE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't you mean "insensitive klod"?

  3. Trash Dot by digitaldc · · Score: 4, Funny

    One: Adding Delete
    The ~/.Trash directory is where files are moved if you delete local files. On mounted volumes, Nautilus will create a hidden .Trash-uid directory if you move a file to the trash, as long as you have the file permissions.

    So will /. sue for copyright infringement? Or is it DRM? Or is it just some Trashy slander?

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    He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson