Questions tagged [filemanager]
File managers provide either a GUI or CLI for interfacing with the file system. This tag can also be used for operations with files, such as copy, duplicating, renaming, etc.
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Why did some of my internal drives start getting detected as ejectable and removable?
I'm running Ubuntu 22.04. A couple of days ago I did a software update (apt update && apt upgrade) and rebooted, and now several of my internal drives,
including /home have eject buttons next ...
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Can’t open folders or scroll or navigate
So I have a Ubuntu computer that I remotely use. I have always been able to access the file manager and click around into different folders and use it as normal. However now I cannot. It just simply ...
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How to activate tree view in Nautilus on Ubuntu 24.04?
I'm using Ubuntu 24.04 and I'm trying to activate a tree view in Nautilus (Files) similar to other file managers. I have searched online and thought about installing Nautilus extensions or GNOME Shell ...
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Where is list of application overrides for Thunar ( xfce ubuntu 24.04)
Where is the list of local default application overrides for Thunar, sometimes called FileManager which is part of Xubuntu 24.04?
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How to change the default file manager to Pantheon-files in Ubuntu LTS 22.04?
I want to change the the defaut file manager from Nautilus to Pantheon-files (which I already installed in Ubuntu LTS 22.04). I had a look at the following question:
https://elementaryos.stackexchange....
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Re-write a zsh_lf snippet to work in zellij instead of tmux
I am trying to rewrite the code below (source):
_zlf() {
emulate -L zsh
local d=$(mktemp -d) || return 1
{
mkfifo -m 600 $d/fifo || return 1
tmux split -bf zsh -c "...
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How to fix the "detailed" date time format in Files application of Gnome 46
The new version (46.0) of the Files application in 24.04 allows the user to select between two formats in its Preferences: Simple and Detailed.
However, the date format in Detailed option is in the US ...
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Keyboard problems with far2l file manager under Ubuntu 24.04 in Wayland session
I use the far2l file manager (this is a port of Far Manager on Linux). Ubuntu 24.04 was recently released, and it is in the repositories since 23.10. Unfortunately, there are two annoying bugs in the ...
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What it is called similar to explorer or Finder in Ubuntu
What it is called which show files and directory in Ubuntu.
earlier it was called Nautilus but what is the latest 24.04 similar to Finder in MacOS and Explorer in Windows.
and where we can read and ...
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List folders' content takes long time
Ubuntu 23.10, two Samsung SSD 980 PRO 500GB.
They seem in good health:
$ sudo smartctl -t long -a /dev/nvme0n1
smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [x86_64-linux-6.5.0-28-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) ...
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Can't open file window
I have this problem where sometimes when I click on the Files icon it shows a working icon but never opens a window. Once this starts happening it won't work unless I reboot the PC.
From journalctl I ...
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How do I set Thunar as the default file manager in 23.10?
Before I start, I wanted to say that this is my first question in askubuntu.com. Anyway, I want to set Thunar file manager as my default one. I can open the app fine, but I have to do it manually. The ...
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Why does "nautilus"(Gnome FIles) gives me so smaller size of directory, compared with "du"?
I have uncompressed a folder and if I right click in the folder and click properties, I get from nautilus (Gnome Files)
Gnome Files output:
but instead if I do:
$ du -sh *
292M branches
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QT apps do not respect file-chooser bookmarks
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In ubuntu files app (Nautilus), a user can create bookmarks to folders in the left pane:
most apps respect these bookmarks; I assume this is just by virtue of them using a ~ system file-...
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How can I adjust the column width and make it default? With dconf-editor (nautilus) I can adjust which columns, but the width?
After one day of searching how I can adjust my default column width? See the below details and what I already tried during my troubleshooting.
gnome/nautilus installed
via dconf-editor I can adjust ...
