If you are a fan of modern Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, that offer incredibly simple ways to share folders with workgroup computers, you will be happy to know the same feature can be added to Bodhi Linux (my new favorite Linux distribution.) Although adding this feature isn’t exactly automatic (or, some would argue, user-friendly), [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
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Upload pictures to Facebook with a simple right click
Are you a Facebook junkie? Do you find yourself constantly posting status updates? And…more important…do you constantly upload photos of yourself, your friends, your animals, and your computers to your facebook account? If the latter is the case, do you find the standard method of uploading photos to facebook cumbersome? Don’t you wish there was [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
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Queue music into Rhythmbox from Nautilus
Nautilus is one versatile file manager. The ability to add actions (with the help of Nautilus Actions) makes Nautils’ ability seemingly endless. I have covered adding actions to Nautilus before (see my article “Add actions to extend Nautilus functionality“). That article covered an earlier version of Nautilus Actions. Now that this tool has matured quite [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
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Extend Thunar’s “Send To” menu and media tags
In my recent exploration of various file managers I realized that my favorite of the lot hadn’t received the attention it deserves. Here on Ghacks I have shown you how to do Bulk renaming in Thunar, and how to create Customized Action in Thunar. Outside of that, I’ve not really dealt with Thunar all that [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
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PCMan File Manager: Another light weight file manager
In the seemingly never-ending quest to find the perfect, light weight graphical file manager, I have gone through just about every one I can find. So far my favorite has been Thunar (see Thunar content on Ghacks for more information) which comes standard with a few distributions. PCMan File Manger can be found in the [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
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Even more GNOME keyboard shortcuts
Well all strive to make our desktop as efficient as possible. Whether you’re a coder who wants nothing more than to never remove your fingers from the keyboard, or if you’re a writer who wants to use the mouse only when necessary, there are so many ways to make this happen. One of the easiest [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
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Tweak Nautilus to better suit your needs
If there’s one thing that Linux has it’s flexibility. And this is true from the top down; from the desktop environment all the way down to the kernel. One area that offers a lot of tweaks, one that most new users aren’t used to being able to tweak, is the file manager. This is true [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
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Get rid of GNOME keyring password reminder
Are you tired of that pesky GNOME keyring reminder popping up everywhere you go? You know what it does right? The GNOME keyring manager manages passwords for things like ftp connections, email password logins, wireless network authentication, and much more. Typically this is set up encrypted – by default this is the case with the [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Comments: 6
Have a sleek, simpler Nautilus
File managers can get a bit over-crowded in their layout and in their use of space. Although I am a big Nautilus, I am a bigger fan of efficient, clean workspaces. To that end, I like to have a file manager that is quick, easy to use, and looks good. Naturally, because Nautilus is open [...]