Ubuntu Planning To Develop Its Own File Manager

[brosis]

Okay, so based upon what I recently read, it sums up this way:
Gnome3 developers, in crusade for identity, break *any* external API, be it GTK3 or Gnome3 extensions on every release.

All those people, who write themes, extensions asking for API for the sake of mod-ability, modification, extensibility and fitting for personal purpose are answered with "this is discouraged, as it will jeopardize Gnome3 image". Think of M$ Exporer desktop and start button.

So, this must be the original reason why Canonical spawned Unity Desktop. Because Gnome3 would never ever accept anything, even with tag "optional".
It is crystal clear, that Gnome3 is building a closed door ecosystem.

So now, Canonical listened to opinions of users and started its own file manager. I vote this is good. However:
Knowing Canonical and its CLA, this is hardly any good from free software perspective, as they will most likely receive next to no adaption outside of Ubuntu.

That means two closed door ecosystem (with two various methods) exist now.
This is bad. But its not hurting me, so I could not care less

In fact, I have caja 1.6, aka nautilus from Gnome2 installed and I am happy about it.

[Vim_User]

why to not use Nemo?

Because Nemo uses GTK and doesn't really fit into a Qt environment.

[brosis]

why to not use Nemo?

Link please. Google tries hard to fit me full of disney's fish.

[johnc]

Link please. Google tries hard to fit me full of disney's fish.

It's the Linux Mint file manager:

http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=198

[brosis]

It's the Linux Mint file manager:

http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=198

Thanks a bunch!

Edit: So I predict, in 6-9 years, Gnome3 will be deprecated altogether, with developers switch to Cinnamon and working from there on.

[brosis]

The most significant advantage Nautilus has over Nemo is that there are GTK themes customized for it.

Apparently, this "advantage" is no more.





More read:

http://igurublog.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/gnome-et-al-rotting-in-threes/

http://felipec.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/the-problem-with-gnome-3/

http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/a-linux-conspiracy-theory

[Kivada]

Still sticking with http://mate-desktop.org/ and loling at your misfortune! Gnome 2.32 FTW.

[xeekei]

I'm actually surprised it took them this long. No one likes "GNOME Files". Personally I use Thunar, but it needs one or two more features before I'd call it perfect for me.

[Sdar]

The only thing i miss in all the distributions is when i use some kind of sort in the file manager like modified date with images and i expect to see this same sort in the image viewer.

Or when searching all images containing some string and then the image viewer showing only that images in the same order that in the file manager... that something i like of windows... but i can't manage to make it work on linux...
just some communication between file manager and applications...

I was thinking in doing it myself some years ago but i was busy with other things...

There's a bug report / feature request here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eog/+bug/136740

It's in the wishlist since 2007 i suppose that not enough people see this as a helpfull feature :S

[Bucic]

Apparently, this "advantage" is no more.

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More read:

http://igurublog.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/gnome-et-al-rotting-in-threes/

http://felipec.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/the-problem-with-gnome-3/

http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/a-li...spiracy-theory

Theming is of secondary importance to Gnome. Deal with it.
Gnome is not intended for users with expectations similar to the expectations of the author of http://felipec.wordpress.com/2013/06...-with-gnome-3/ Deal with it.

To summarize:
Deal with it, move to a desktop environment that suits you, move on.