![]() Screenshot of Nemo v4.0.6 | |
Developer(s) | Linux Mint |
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Initial release | September 2012 |
Stable release | 6.2.6[1] ![]() |
Repository | |
Written in | C |
Operating system | Unix-like |
Platform | Cinnamon |
Available in | Multilingual |
Type | File manager |
License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
Website | github![]() |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/X-gvfs-show.png/220px-X-gvfs-show.png)
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for the gvfs-udisks2-volume-monitor process.[2] Screenshot of GNOME Disks.Nemo is a free and open-source software and official file manager of the Cinnamon desktop environment. It is a fork of GNOME Files (formerly named Nautilus).
History
Nemo version 1.0.0 was released in July 2012 along with version 1.6 of the Cinnamon,[3][better source needed] reaching version 1.1.2 in November 2012.[4] It started as a fork of the GNOME file manager Nautilus v3.4[5][6][7][better source needed] after the developers of the operating system Linux Mint considered that "Nautilus 3.6 is a catastrophe".[8][9][10] Developer Gwendal Le Bihan named the project "nemo" after Jules Verne's famous character Captain Nemo, who is the captain of the Nautilus.[10]
Features
Nemo v1.0.0 had the following features as described by the developers:[10]
- Uses GVfs and GIO
- All the features Nautilus 3.4 had and which are missing in Nautilus 3.6 (all desktop icons, compact view, etc.)
- Open in terminal (integral part of Nemo)
- Open as root (integral part of Nemo)
- File operations progress information (when copying or moving files, one can see the percentage and information about the operation on the window title and so also in the window list)
- Proper GTK bookmarks management
- Full navigation options (back, forward, up, refresh)
- Ability to toggle between the path entry and the path breadcrumb widgets
- Many more configuration options
- Ability to SSH into remote servers
- Native support for FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and MTP (Media Transfer Protocol)
See also
References
- ^ "Release 6.2.6". 21 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "udisks2/what-is-shown.txt"..
- ^ NEMO: THE LINUX MINT TEAM FORKS NAUTILUS, Web UPD8, Aug 2012
- ^ "Cinnamon 1.6.7, Nemo 1.1.2". November 14, 2012.
- ^ Linux Mint developers work on GNOME file manager fork, Zdnet, Aug 2012
- ^ NEMO FILE MANAGER FOR UBUNTU OR LINUX MINT VIA PPA, Technology Linux & Windows, Dec 2012
- ^ Linux Mint Team Forks Nautilus, Brings Out Nemo, Muktware, 2012
- ^ Linux Mint Explain Nautilus Fork, Call New Version a "Catastrophe", OMG Ubuntu, Sep 2012
- ^ Linux Mint founder calls Nautilus 3.6 "a catastrophe", H Online, Sep 2012
- ^ a b c "Introducing Nemo". September 4, 2012. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013.
External links
- Introducing Nemo (2012)