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DigiAngel
December 19th, 2015, 04:21 PM
So I hate Nautilus as it stands now. I need a dual-pan environment that I can mount/unmount smb shares. I settled on Nemo for a long time http://www.webupd8.org/2013/10/install-nemo-with-unity-patches-and.html, but it has this annoying bit where the columns are ALWAYS reset https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/issues/626. Doesn't look like it's going to get a fix any time soon, so I heard tale of Caja, from Ubuntu Mate. Now I'm running stock 14.04 with the Unity Desktop. I tested on a VM from here https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mate-dev/+archive/ubuntu/trusty-mate:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/ppa
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/trusty-mate
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install caja

This appears to have worked well....now when I start Caja all I have to do is hit Extra Pane and I'm in business. When I did the install i did see an upgraded Compiz and other things. Is this a safe thing to do? I really don't want to hose up my sweet setup...thank you!

vanadium
December 19th, 2015, 04:48 PM
This is not supported, because untested. So is this a safe thing to do? No, even if it might work.

grahammechanical
December 19th, 2015, 04:50 PM
It is too late now. Don't you think?

The update to Compiz was part of the apt-get update/upgrade commands and not part of the apt-get install caja command. It is most likely that Compiz would have been updated anyway. And things are working as they should and you are able to work as you want to. That is the benefit of Free & Open Source Software & Linux.

Regards.

DigiAngel
December 19th, 2015, 04:57 PM
Well...not too late as I made a snapshot before I did anything on the virtual machine ;) Thanks for the responses all...I went with Sunflower....I miss the tree view, but it does what I need :)