Nautilus – the default file manager for Gnome, and therefore Ubuntu – is feature-rich and easy-to-use, but you can make it even more powerful, and with very little effort.
With Windows or Mac OS X, if there are features missing in the built-in file browser, the only option is to install another, usually at some expense (software developers in those worlds haven’t quite embraced the concept of open-source). In Ubuntu and other Linux distributions, other file managers – like Thunar (Xfce), Dolphin (KDE) and Konqueror (KDE) – can easily be installed (for free), even if they were made for a desktop environment other than Gnome.
But another way to get some of the features you might find lacking in Nautilus is to install some plugins or “extensions“, most of which are in the official repos and easily installed via Synaptic Package Manager.
Here I’ll feature the most popular and useful ones, but there are others out there, from adding more integration with messaging to technical tasks most of us don’t need (or understand). While I’ll be keeping this post up to date as new extensions are created, a Google search for “nautilus plugin extension” will reveal those I have left out (or missed). And don’t forget that you can also open Synaptic, paste the word “nautilus” into the Quick search bar, and all extensions available in the repositories will be displayed.
Essential Extensions:
Nautilus Open Terminal: Command-Line in the Current Folder
Nautilus GKSU: Open Files & Folders with Administrative Privileges
More Cool Plugins:
Nautilus Image Converter: Easily Resize & Rotate Pictures
Nautilus Pastebin: Send Text Clips to the Web
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Other Nautilus Enhancements:
Add Buttons for New Folder, Cut, Copy, Paste & Trash/Delete to the Nautilus Toolbar
Add a File/Folder “Properties” Button to the Nautilus Toolbar
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Guide to Customising & Enhancing Nautilus
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