Installing the Nemo file manager on Ubuntu
Installing Nemo on Ubuntu
Reference: https://itsfoss.com/install-nemo-file-manager-ubuntu/
Nemo is a fork of Nautilus
Installing Nemo:
sudo apt install nemo
Making Nemo the default file manager in Ubuntu:
xdg-mime default nemo.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search
Set up Nemo to handle the desktop completely, in this order. The first command disables the handling of desktop by Nautilus:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false
The second command enables Nemo to take its place:
gsettings set org.nemo.desktop show-desktop-icons true
You have now made Nemo the default file manager in Ubuntu. You can verify it by using the following: