Nemo (file manager)
Nemo is a free and open-source software and official file manager of the Cinnamon desktop environment. It is a fork of GNOME Files.
History
Nemo version 1.0.0 was released in July 2012 along with version 1.6 of Cinnamon, reaching version 1.1.2 in November 2012. It started as a fork of the GNOME file manager Nautilus v3.4 after the developers of the operating system Linux Mint considered that "Nautilus 3.6 is a catastrophe".Developer Gwendal Le Bihan named the project "nemo" after Jules Verne's famous character Captain Nemo, who is the captain of the [Nautilus (Verne)|GNOME Files|Nautilus].
Features
Nemo v1.0.0 had the following features as described by the developers:- Uses GVfs and GIO
- All the features Nautilus 3.4 had and which are missing in Nautilus 3.6
- Open in terminal
- Open as root
- File operations progress information
- Proper GTK bookmarks management
- Full navigation options
- Ability to toggle between the path entry and the path breadcrumb widgets
- Many more configuration options
- Ability to SSH into remote servers
- Native support for FTP and MTP