[SOLVED] Mint 16 Cinnamon and Nemo

Chris.Bristol · 02-09-2014, 11:26 AM

Nemo doesn't work for me. It takes ages to load, there are no descriptions on compact view, the sizes of icons and text are wildly random, and I can't change the width of columns. I have tried Edit/Preferences and View/Reset View to Defaults. I have also tried reinstalling it in case there are old settings hanging around:

Code:

sudo apt-get remove --purge nemo
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nemo
sudo apt-get update

I have found something quite simple called Files 3.8.2 which is much better, and Dolphin which gets top rating on this site is even better than that. How can I make one of these the default file manager when I click on the files icon etc?

fuorviato · 02-20-2014, 05:36 AM

If you right-click on a folder, choose "properties" and look for something like "open with" etc?

Chris.Bristol · 02-20-2014, 07:01 PM

Thanks! I should have remembered that, I will make a note of it. So far I have found that it works everywhere except the standard Mint menu - but that is useless anyway as it generally takes several seconds to open, so it doesn't matter as I use something else.

fuorviato · 02-21-2014, 02:59 AM

If you want to associate file extensions to certain applications. Search for something with "MIME" keyword in MINT.
There may be a separate too to setup that.