For users switching from Windows, this tutorial shows you how to enable the Windows style “My Computer” (it’s now “This PC”) navigation item in the left pane of Ubuntu 26.04 default file manager. Nautilus (aka GNOME Files) used to have a “Other Locations” item in left pane, allowing to take a quick glance at local […]
Read MoreUbuntu 26.04 LTS is getting a fix for Nautilus that restores ‘Delete’ as the focused button in the trash confirmation dialog, undoing an accidental swap that made ‘Cancel’ the focused button instead. That ‘unintentional…
Read MoreThis is the third compilation of our Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat tutorials, which have been published here at The Ubuntu Buzz since 2024. In the last compilation, we talked about useful things like Telegram and Synaptic, among others. In this episode, we…
Read MoreI miss the ‘Other Locations’ page in older versions of the Nautilus file manager. It made it easy to see an overview of disk usage across my (many) partitions — so I was pleased to find a GNOME Shell extension that plugs this glanceable sta…
Read MoreFor those who need to compare files, folders, and version controlled projects regularly, Debian and Ubuntu are adding back the nautilus-compare extension for GNOME Files (aka Nautilus) in default repositories for current development releases. nautilus-compare is a Nautilus extension that adds “compare” option to right-click menu of selected files/folders, allowing to quickly launch Meld tool, […]
Read MoreThis listing contains useful keyboard shortcuts for Ubuntu 24.04 “Noble Numbat” which makes use of GNOME 46 technology as its desktop environment. By using these shortcut keys, you can work quicker and more effectively. We made it simple by listing onl…
Read MoreThere’s one feature in the Nautilus file manager I use daily: the Recent files shortcut. One-click gives me access to my most recently downloaded, modified, and newly created files together, regardless of the folder they’re in. I find it de…
Read MoreThis tutorial will help you setup integration of Google Drive storage on Ubuntu 24.04 “Noble Numbat”. The expected result is to enable access in the file manager, upload and download (read and write) to your Gmail account’s online storage. This means F…
Read MoreNautilus file manager can share directories/folders of your Ubuntu 24.04 LTS system that you can access from Windows, MacOS, and other Linux devices. You may not find the file-sharing option in the context menu of the Nautilus file manager in a new Ubuntu 24.04 LTS installation. That’s because the Nautilus file-sharing option is not enabled […]
Read MoreThe Nautilus (Files) file manager has received more new features ahead of the GNOME 46 desktop environment release in late March 2024, as the devs published a new alpha build over the weekend.
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In this tutorial, let’s dive into the process of changing the default Linux directory icon on Ubuntu using the Nautilus file manager.
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In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to enable thumbnails for AVIF (AV1) images in the Nautilus file manager. Follow along here.
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Nautilus in GNOME 45 already received a search performance boost and a more adaptive design for the sidebar. Learn more here.
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The latest nightly builds of the Nautilus file manager sport a split header-bar look. And if all goes to plan, Nautilus’ new two-panel look will roll out to all when…
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Read MoreIn this article, I’ll take a deep dive into Nautilus and see why for the past seven years it’s this file manager that I use daily.
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Ever look at Nautilus’ sidebar and think there are a few too many entries? GNOME devs have. They’re proposing to prune the number of sidebar location shortcuts the file manager’s…
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Read MoreThis is one among many useful tips and tricks on Ubuntu for daily life. There is a utility named Converseen, that allows you to mass convert and rotate photos by clicks. This tutorial will help you to use the tool with examples so easy we hope everybod…
Read MoreHere’s a quick tip for those of you looking for an easy way to see see remaining disk space in the file manager of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Once upon a time — like, really far back — the Nautilus file manager had a static status bar. This gave you an ea…
Read MoreGNOME 44.2 improves support for Flatpak apps, checks for updates when automatic updates are disabled, and more.
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Want to let “Open in Terminal” context (right-click) menu option work for another terminal emulator? Here’s an extension to do the similar job for Nautilus. When right-clicking on either a folder or blank area in file manager, there’s an “Open in Terminal” menu option to launch system default terminal with that folder as working directory. […]
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