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

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File manager that doesn't freeze when working with SMB shares?

I work at a company that uses Samba for file sharing, which means that I rely on it a lot throughout the day. Unfortunately, the service provider of the VPN has not been able to cope with the traffic ...
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I can no longer drag and drop URL links from the Chrome browser to my `nemo` file manager

I followed my instructions here years ago to make nemo my default file manager instead of nautilus (which is the default packaged with Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, etc). I used to be able to (for many years) ...
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Marking/Tagging a file in Nemo/Nautilus

I'd love a feature in which I can simply mark/tag a file 'Done'(or similar) whenever I'm done with it. If I have a folder full of 200+ files which I need to go through (videos or music), then it would ...
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How can I install nemo- plugins for 22.04

Nemo File manager is part of the default Ubuntu repository. The only extension is the current repository is "nemo-fileroller". The PPA's I used for past releases are not maintained any more ...
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How can I force all applications to use Nemo's file selection dialog instead of Nautilus's one?

A similar question has been already asked on this site. Here is the link: How can I make all applications use Nemo's file selection dialog instead of Nautilus? Anyway, this has been posted in 2014....
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Right click extended menu on desktop not working fully. (20.04 unity)

I'm using ubuntu 20.04 (unity), right click extended menu (resize images, open in terminal etc) wont work on Desktop but it works with file manager --> Desktop. i follow instructions fixes like &...
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Remove nautilus without breaking gnome Ubuntu 16.04

I read other questions about this topic, but I cannot find a final solution. I always had some nautilus issues (it freezes very often and I cannot rely on it during my work), So I decided to install ...
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Is there any way to get a details pane in Ubuntu 14.04 like in Windows File Explorer?

Is there any way to get the details pane, preferably in Nemo? I am particularly interested in the duration, bit rate of music files and videos. I realize I can view the information in List View but I ...
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How to make file size unit to show in MB instead GB on Nemo

Nemo chooses the file size unit according to his own judgement/desire, kilobytes/megabytes/gigabytes, as we can see on this screenshot below. Is there a way to limit the size unit to MB?
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Data loss after running Bash script creating dirs and moving files

For several instances now, I experienced some very weird behavior, where part of the directories and the files in a directory got deleted after running a script which creates new directories within ...
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Can not connect with Files to SFTP after upgrade from 20.04 to 22.04

Until I recently upgraded my machine from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 I always could connect to SFTP folders with Nemo or Nautilus easily. I am using a connection with username and password and the password ...
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Is there a file manager that allows grouping of bookmarks in a side panel?

I would like to have a file manager that I can group folder locations under customised group names in a sidebar. I have played around with Ubuntu Nautilus, Nemo and Dolphin and can't seem to achieve ...
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Gnome 42 Wayland - nemo-desktop on org-gnome-Nautilus-desktop doesn't work properly

Using Wayland with Gnome 42 (default of this distribution), when icons are dragged across nemo-desktop and then released, they are not moved to the new position, always returning to the top left of ...
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Is there a way to get rid of Nemo (file manager) theme warning?

Every time I open a directory in Nemo-desktop, Nemo file manager opens up, but also a new terminal is opened saying: ** (nemo:36368): WARNING **: 21:28:24.724: Current gtk theme is not known to have ...
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Filename of selected file is invisible in Nemo file manager when focus is on other pane

Open Nemo file manager. Enable View > Extra Pane option. Select one or more files in one pane. Click on the other pane. The filename(s) of the file(s) in the previous pane are not visible over the ...
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Nemo file manager - Context menu - Actions

I have Ubuntu 20.4. I have installed Nemo file manager to manage the desktop icons. I have added a custom action. What I am trying to achieve is: Enable icons for the Nemo Context menu (Icons are ...
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Change sort order in Nemo by keyboard

Is there a shortcut to change to sort order in Nemo? Unfortunately I couldn't find anything in the documentation.
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Program Open/ Save As Dialogue No Bookmarks No Places

I thought I had solved this before but can't remember what I did. I use Qpdfview for my PDF viewer. The Save As/ Open dialogue does not have any bookmarks or places like the default file manager (...
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How to ensure apps use Nemo to browse?

On my Ubuntu 18.04, I installed Nemo and made it the default file manager using the following commands: xdg-mime default nemo.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search gsettings set ...
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Remove "Organize Desktop by Name" option

I have nemo as my default file browser in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Is there a way to remove the "Organize Desktop by Name" option which appears when you right click on the Desktop? I keep accidentally ...
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nemo-dropbox won't install on Ubuntu 18.04

When I try to install nemo-dropbox from Synaptic I get the message, Could not mark all packages for installation or upgrade The following packages have unresolved dependencies. Make sure that all ...
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Nemo File Manager - Disable Expandable Folders

I've been using the Nemo File Manager inside of Linux Mint and Ubuntu, and there's always been one thing that bothers me - the little triangle next to each folder that lets me expand it. Albeit this ...
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cinnamon-core, Nemo does not show the sharing tab. There is no nemo-share

I have installed Linux Mint 18.04, and Ubuntu 18.04 + Cinnamon. On Linux Mint, Nemo shows a much better context menu and the file property dialogue box has "Share". On Ubuntu + Cinnamon, Nemo shows ...
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Edit context menu icon in Cinnamon

I haveCinnamon on my Ubuntu with custom theme. Now I would like to customise context menu shown upon right click on desktop. In my case there is very large icon for Open as root action, which I'd like ...
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File upload dialog

Is it possible to use default file manager when uploading files on Firefox (and any other browser)?
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Nautilus and Nemo ssh connection error: Timed out when logging in

I'm using Ubuntu 17.04 64bit with the latest version of Nautilus and Nemo. Both of them raise the error Timed out when logging in while trying to connect via ssh... In terminal the connection ...
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Xubuntu 17.10 + nemo + dropbox support

I like nemo in Xubuntu but the Dropbox support doesn't seem to be available for aardvark. I like the folder emblems to show sync status. Any ideas on how to add this level of support to nemo in 17.10? ...
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no LibreOffice icon in taskbar when directly opening a document file

First, i don't think it's an duplicate of: no LibreOffice icon in applications bar and/or LibreOffice icons missing from Unity task panel I am using: Ubuntu [15.04] with Cinnamon[2.8.0]-Desktop ...
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Dropbox: Ubuntu 14.04, Cinnamon, Nemo

I cant link Dropbox with Nemo. I uninstalled Nautilus, installed dropbox then installed nemo-dropbox, but it doesn't work. These are the steps I've done: 1: sudo apt-get install cinnamon 2: restart ...
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Icons appeared alone and I can't delete them

It's very strange, the computer freeze and I restart it. After the restart I saw 3 icons appeared on the desktop. I can't delete them! Right click - "Delete" is not active, as well as the keybord. ...
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symbolic icons for nemo

Is it possible to change nemo (source code probably?) in order to use symbolic icons in the sidebar instead of the usual folder icons, just like nautilus does? I.e.: I want nemo to use folder-...
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Nemo '/Home' folder freezes

I have Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, and I just installed Cinnamon 2.0 desktop. When I try to open files /Home is not responding and freezes. I can access specific folders like ~/Picture and ~/Music from '...
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Why does a new Samba share show up later, but not directly after creation?

My machine: Ubuntu 20.04 I created a share on my samba server. Pretty cut and dry. I can access the server from the backend via ssh, and navigate freely. However, if I try to reach it from my file ...
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Case insensitive sort in Nemo

So I'm trying to get so special characters are on top followed by numbers, then letters case insensitive. I've added export LC_ALL=C to my .profile, but the result is case sensitive. Is there a better ...
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black screen when no window open 22.04

I just upgraded to 22.04 and have a strange error. Ubuntu behaves completely normally, provided at least one window is open. This could be a folder, application like Firefox, whatever, as long as it's ...
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Increase space between folders in nemo file manager Ubuntu 21.10

Ubuntu 21.10 was released today. After using Ubuntu 16.04 since it was released, I upgraded to Ubuntu 21.10. Did a fresh install of 21.10. I like Unity desktop so I installed it and along with it I ...
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How can I disable the recursive search and instead use the type-ahead search in the Nautilus file picker?

The recursive search in the file manager is extremely frustrating, I want to be able to instead use the type-ahead navigation when I'm opening/saving files (selecting the folder that matches what you ...
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Unable to access the root directory via SFTP explorer (Nemo)

I am connecting via sftp inside nemo but if I try to access the root of the server I get the Location is not a folder... but I am pretty sure it is :p Other destinations are perfectly fine: sftp://...
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Nemo icon view spacing

I recently changed from Nautilus to Nemo because lacking of "type-ahead-search" and sorting in search. Overall experience in Nemo is great except there's way to much space between icon in ...
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Change extensions that are recognized as "executable text files"

For script files with the extension .sh I found it convenient to enable "Ask each time" for what to do with executable text files. Now however it also asks it for other types of files (for ...
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Generate preview thumbnails of all images in a directory for nemo

I would like to be able to force nemo to create preview thumbnails for all images in a directory, not just the ones for the currently visible icons. The reason is I have some folders with thousands of ...
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How To Show Mounted Drives on Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop When Using Nemo as Default

I have a mounted drive that I want to show up on my desktop. I know that there is a method here to do this with Nautilus and 18.04, but I am using Nemo, not Nautilus. I just wanted you to know that ...
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Safely remove an external drive makes Files crash

when I use in Files (Nemo) the option 'Safely remove' for an external drive, the program always crashes (disappears completely). Some time later Ubuntu offers to send in a crash report. Any ...
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Disable Nemo windows snap on open?

I switched over from Nautilus to Nemo and is slightly annoying every time a window opens its position is snapped along side any other open window. Is there a way to disable this ? Ideally want to ...
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16.04 replacing folders instead of merging them

When I try to copy a folder into a directory where an older version of that folder already exists, say when backing up a folder to an external hard drive, this window pops up: Is there a way to also ...
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How to remove the .Trash-1000 folder from a Samba network volume

This is a follow up on the question Prevent Nautilus / Nemo from creating .Trash-1000 folder in mounted devices. In essence, the creation of this folder is hard-coded in these programmes and can not ...
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Switching from nautilus to nemo not working 18.04

I use gnome-session-flashback on Ubuntu 18.04. I much prefer the nemo filemanager compared to Nautilus. I downloaded it via apt-get install nemo I then looked around online to find out how to make ...
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Nemo doesn't preview all thumbnails, and it's not size related

Basically the same question as here: Why doesn't Nemo preview thumbnails? However, I've tried all of those solutions and still have this issue. Here's what I'm seeing: As you can see, i'm ...
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File associate by MIME subtype / extension

I'm writing files in markdown format using the markdown editor Remarkable and I name these files with the extension *.md. I'd like to associate the these files with Remarkable but if I do so the ...
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Nemo file manager - only "Eject" no "Safely remove device" for some USB flash sticks

I don't see the option when using a Sony USB 3.0 flash. With USB 2.0 Kingstons it is there. Can somebody confirm this as normal behaviour for USB 3.0 devices in Nemo file manager(v. 3.2.2)?
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