Nautilus (file manager)
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| Nautilus file manager | |
 Nautilus in spatial mode |
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| Developer: | GNOME |
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| Latest release: | 2.18.0.1 / 12 March 2006 |
| OS: | BSD, Linux, UNIX |
| Use: | File manager |
| License: | GPL |
| Website: | www.gnome.org/projects/nautilus |
Nautilus is the official file manager for the GNOME desktop. The name is a play on words, evoking the image of a nautilus shell to represent an operating system shell. Nautilus replaced Midnight Commander in GNOME 1.4 and was the default from version 2.0 onwards.
Nautilus was the flagship product of the now-defunct Eazel Inc.
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[edit] History
- Version 1.0 was released on March 13, 2001,[1] and incorporated into GNOME 1.4.[2]
- Version 2.0 was a port to GTK+ 2.0.
- Version 2.2 saw a lot of changes to make it more compliant with User Interface Guidelines.
- Version 2.4 switched the desktop folder to
~/Desktop(the ~ represents the user's "Home" folder) to be compliant with freedesktop.org standards. - In the version included with GNOME 2.6, Nautilus switched to a spatial interface[3]. The "classic" interface is still available by a filing cabinet shaped icon, by an option in the "Edit -> Preferences -> Behavior" menu in Nautilus, in a folder's context menu, and by using the "--browser" switch when started by a command via a launcher or shell. Several Linux distributions have made "browser" mode the default.
- GNOME 2.14 introduced a version of Nautilus with improved searching, integrated optional Beagle support and the ability to save searches as virtual folders[4][5].
[edit] Features
- Nautilus supports browsing local filesystems as well as FTP sites, Windows SMB shares, WebDAV servers and SFTP servers via GNOME VFS.
- Nautilus supports previews of files in their icons, be they text files, images, sound or video files via thumbnailers such as Totem.
- Nautilus includes original vectorized icons designed by Susan Kare.
- Nautilus implements bookmarks, window backgrounds, emblems, notes, addon scripts and has the choice between an icon or list view. It keeps a history of visited folders, similar to many web browsers, permitting easy access to previously visited folders.
- With the use of the Gamin library, Nautilus tracks modification of local files in real time, eliminating the need to ever manually refresh the display.
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[edit] References
- ^ Michael Hall (March 15, 2001). Review: Nautilus 1.0: Has Eazel Earned Its Place in GNOME?. LinuxPlanet. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
- ^ GNOME (April 2, 2001). GNOME 1.4 Released - Desktop Environment Boasts Power, Stability, Polish and Integration. GNOME press release. Retrieved on 2007-02-19.
- ^ Murray Cumming (March 31, 2004). What's New In GNOME 2.6. GNOME. Retrieved on 2006-12-24.
- ^ Davyd Madeley (March 15, 2006). GNOME 2.14 : What's New For Users. GNOME. Retrieved on 2006-12-24.
- ^ Alexander Larsson (December 7, 2005). Seek and Ye Shall Find. Alexander Larsson's blog. Retrieved on 2006-12-24.
