HOWTO: Replace Nautilus with PCMan (4 Steps, No Fuss).

[Bruce M.]

Hi Folks,

I'm running Ubuntu 64bit v8.04.1 and this works GREAT!

I only followed Post #1, not the rest, PCMan is great stuff.

Have a nice day
Bruce

EDIT: Thank you, SilverWave

[yosemite610]

Am really loving the increase in speed, but when I use the 'Places' menu, pcmanfm can't open files (dbl-click on a text file and it doesn't open in Text Editor).

However, if I start pcmanfm from the command line, it seems to open files ok.

[noahTHEpurdy]

Hey all.

I'm looking to replace nautilus completely with pcmanfm on 8.10. This is on a netbook, so I want the lightest of light, and I want to rid myself of the bloat.

My end goal is the complete removal of nautilus, however the process seems a bit different on Ibex.

Anyone have any ideas?

[Bruce M.]

Hey all.

I'm looking to replace nautilus completely with pcmanfm on 8.10. This is on a netbook, so I want the lightest of light, and I want to rid myself of the bloat.

My end goal is the complete removal of nautilus, however the process seems a bit different on Ibex.

Anyone have any ideas?

{shhhhhhhh don't tell anyone I said this...}
Try Xubuntu.

[Izek]

I find it annoying that I can't make launchers in PCMan.

Dragging a folder to the desktop copies/moves it. I want to create shortcuts.

Why do I want to create a shortcut? Because when I insert a CDRom, it doesn't show on the desktop!

Also created a new bug: Click Here

[TheMyself]

I followed the steps in the second post and now when I double click on a file (pdf, jpg, etc.) the corresponding application is not launched. In fact the icon for the program appears in the panel but shortly after, it disappears. This wasn't the case (in PCmanfm) before.

Another oddity was that the file /usr/share/gnome/default.session was empty (from the beginning).

Please help.

[TheMyself]

problem was resolved after I restarted the computer.

[w1zard]

Yep, can confirm that /usr/share/gnome/default.session does not exist in my install of Intrepid either.

Not sure how to proceed with the instructions for complete replacement of nautilus in this case?

[TheMyself]

I want to mention some caveats.

1-When I delete a file in PCmanFM, it doesn't go to the bin, it just gets deleted forever.

2-Nautilus is still running as a process. If I kill it, things go wrong and I have to restart the session.

3-When I want to save a file in Firefox, the dialogue which appears looks entirely like Nautilus and is as slow.

[edyeeh]

Yep, can confirm that /usr/share/gnome/default.session does not exist in my install of Intrepid either.

Not sure how to proceed with the instructions for complete replacement of nautilus in this case?

same here