Let’s take a look at the magic that Nautilus Elementary adds to your Nautilus
Terminal in Nautilus
Most of the newbie that just started using Ubuntu (or any other Linux distro) are scared of the terminal, and the bash command. What Nautilus Elementary does is to embed a terminal right inside your Nautilus. Simply press F7 or go to View -> Embed Terminal to reveal the terminal.
When you browse any folder in Nautilus, the file path in the Nautilus terminal will automatically “cd” to the browser that you are in. You can then type the name of the script or application to run it.
You can also right click to copy/paste the commands. Furthermore, there is also a configuration option for you to customize the look and feel of the terminal. Cool!
At the moment, it doesn’t support drag and drop file to the terminal (just like in Mac). It will be great if it does, or get implemented in the future.
Clutterflow
The Clutterflow feature allows you to view your files/folders in cover flow style. You can press the left/right button on the keyboard, or the scrollwheel to navigate.
Note: For those who are using Intel hardware, you might have issue getting the clutterflow to display. Here’s what you can do to fix it: Open a terminal and type: Add the following line to the end of the file Restart your computer (or just logout and login again).
Integrate Zeitgeist as the search engine
For those who have not heard of zeitgeist, it is a service that logs the users’s activities and events (files opened, websites visites, conversations hold with other people, etc.) and provide the relevant information for third party applications. With zeitgeist, when you perform a search in Nautilus, it will display the most recent files that you have accessed (even before you have typed any search term). You can then filter from there to get the files you want. Update: To make use of the zeitgeist search, you have to make sure that zeitgeist is installed in your Ubuntu. Optionally, you might also want to install Gnome Activity Journal.
Tweaks
Nautilus Elementary comes with several tweaks that enhances the Nautilus and turn it into a user-friendly file manager. The tweaks can be accessed from Edit -> Preferences -> Tweaks.
Things that you can tweak including:
Enable rgba transparency relocate the toolbar to vertical orientation use breadcrumb for the file path show zoom slider + icons + view widget
Installation of Nautilus Elementary
Lastly, here is how you can get Nautilus Elementary to run in your system. In a terminal: With all the useful enhancements Nautilus Elementary adds to your Nautilus file manager, there is really no reason why you shouldn’t install it. One thing to note, most of the features listed above are only available for Ubuntu Maverick. So if you haven’t upgrade your system, do it now for the awesomeness.
