Nemo (file manager)
file manager for Cinnamon
Nemo is a free and open-source software and official file manager of the Cinnamon desktop environment. It is a fork of GNOME Files (formerly named Nautilus).
History
Nemo was created in 2012 by Clement Lefebvre and the developers of Linux Mint and Cinnamon as a fork of Nautilus 3.4. The fork was made in response to changes planned for Nautilus 3.6, which removed or changed several features that the Linux Mint developers considered important for their desktop environment. Among the changes were the removal of compact, dual-pane and sidebar views and changes to desktop-icon handling. Linux Mint lead developer Clement Lefebvre described Nautilus 3.6 as "a catastrophe" and said that the project was intended to preserve functionality that had been removed from the newer Nautilus release.
The project was developed specifically for integration with Cinnamon. Nemo was intended not only to provide file browsing, but also to integrate with the desktop environment's handling of files and the visible desktop. This led to Nemo retaining features from Nautilus 3.4 that had been removed or altered during Nautilus 3.6 development.
Nemo version 1.0.0 was released in July 2012 alongside Cinnamon 1.6.
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