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How to 'Open Nautilius Here' in Ubuntu 10.04 from terminal
I know how to open terminal while being in Nautilius: How to open a menu with 'Open Terminal Here' in Ubuntu 10.04 by left clicking desktop, or inside folder?
I'd like to do the other way ...
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No thumbnails for video files in Ubuntu, and getting an Apport message box whenever I navigate to a folder with video files in it
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04.
Whenever I navigate to a folder with video files in it, none of the videos show a thumbnail:
Within a few seconds after merely opening a video-file-containing folder, I get ...
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Change default NTFS drivers ntfs-3g to paragon NTFS drivers(set as default)
I am using ubuntu 12.04 LTS-32 BIT, kernel 3.2.0.52
Default NTFS-3G drivers are slow in R/W mode and i installed Paragon NTFS drivers for Linux. They worked like charm and i got read write speed = ...
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Linux WindowMaker/Docky padding issue
I've recently made the switch to a custom Ubuntu installation (replacing Unity with WindowMaker). Everything works fine, except I have issues handling the windows while Docky + compositing (I already ...
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How do I set up preferred applications in Nautilus by file extension, rather than by mime type?
I regularly work with a few sorts of plain text files, some of these are code files that I want to open in a programmer's text editor, others are large (gigabyte or more) data files that I only want ...
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How to automatically mount a file containing an encrypted file system, when a user login?
The file can be mounted manually via 'cryptsetup luksOpen' and 'mount /dev/mapper' but I would like it to be mounted automatically while logging in and by showing a GUI dialog for the passphrase just ...
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Why can't I open a certain file in gedit
I edited one of gedit's language files (syntax highlighting) and – to test the changes – changed the language of an open file to another one and then back. I did this a couple of times, ...
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How to reset passwords in Nautilus, Ubuntu 12.04?
I had a user connect to a remote server (via nautilus, Ctrl+l, smb://url).
Was prompted for a password like this, and I said "remember forever". Now I have got a new user with extended permissions ...
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Nautilus cannot browse samba shares in Ubuntu
I have a problem with browsing samba shares with Nautilus in Ubuntu. I can see work groups but cannot go any deeper.
On the other hand, I can use smbclient and mount samba shares from command line. ...
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Ubuntu 11.04 "The destination is read-only" - thumbdrive - GNOME error?
I have Ubuntu 12.04.
My problem is, I can't get write access to any USB device, like thumbdrive, SD card or digital camera using GNOME 3.4.1.
Both FAT32 and NTFS filesystems won't work.
From ...
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Unhide files that start with a dot on Linux
I was looking into a folder where I normally store data that I've unpacked and found that some files I thought were lost were actually in a folder that started with a .. Using Nautilus the folder was ...
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Cannot delete or rename files as administrator from GUI in Ubuntu
I want to be able to right click a file as superuser and delete it, select 'move to' or rename it. Basically, any of the things that I can do from the command line as a superuser.
I'm logged into ...
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How to disable Gnome from making Documents/ Video/ in HOME?
Everytime I login graphically on Ubuntu 11.10 it creates
Desktop
Documents
Downloads
Music
Pictures
Public
Templates
Videos
in my $HOME.
How do I disable Nautilus (?) from doing that?
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How to use arrow keys while navigating through file tree?
How can I use the arrow keys ← → (right and left) to fold or unfold directories (tree nodes) within e.g. Nautilus or Eclipse instead of using the space bar Space?
Is it possible to bind this? (Note: ...
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Ubuntu 11 Unity, how to open several instances of Nautilus with keyboard?
On the default installation of Ubuntu 11.04, if I press Windows key + 1, a Nautilus windows will open. If I press it again, it just brings the one Nautilus already opened to focus. I want to actually ...
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