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  caption Screenshot of Nautilus 2161 in Ubuntu
  developer GNOME
  operating System BSD , Linux , UNIX
  genre File Manager
  license GPL
  website Nautilus File Manager


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.


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 Distribution s 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 Folder s45.



FEATURES


  • Nautilus supports browsing local filesystems as well as FTP sites, Windows SMB shares, Files Transferred Over Shell Protocol , 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 Vector ized 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 refresh the display manually.




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