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Nemo is the default Cinnamon file manager and normally, it needs Cinnamon to be installed, even if you want to use it in a desktop environment such as Unity or GNOME (Shell). The Nemo version in the failsdownloads Nemo PPA uses some patches that make it work properly under Unity, without Cinnamon dependencies (the only dependency used is Cinnamon Translations). It should also work on other desktop environments, but some patches add extra Unity functionality and also I've only tested it under Unity.

Nemo 2.2.0 has received improvements such as: HiDPI support, a recent place sidebar item, tab switching using ctrl+(shift+)+tab, a new folder button was added to the toolbar and various bug fixes.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:failsdownloadsteam/nemo
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nemo nemo-fileroller

If you already had an older Nemo version installed from our Nemo PPA, upgrade to the latest Nemo 2.2.0 using the following commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
killall nemo

Then start Nemo from the Dash / menu (note that it shows up as "Files", like Nautilus, but if you search for "Nemo", the "Files" app that shows up should be Nemo).

The PPA also has some Nemo extensions, to install them, search for "nemo" in Ubuntu Software Center or Synaptic.