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• Extra Pane feature (can be enabled via View menu or using the F3 key) as well as an option to always start in split-pane mode;
• Unified, configurable toolbar: you can add/remove the following: up icon, refresh icon, toggle button for the location bar / path bar, home icon, computer icon and search icon;
• Treeview sidebar option;
• Detachable tabs;
• Re-worked statusbar with zoom controls as well as options to toggle displaying the places sidebar, treeview or completely hide the sidebar;
• The  main toolbar, menubar and statusbar can be hidden;
• Option to show the full path in the titlebar and tab bars;
• Displays an "elevated privileges" banner when running as root;
• Built in "Open as root" context menu item which uses pkexec instead of gksu;
• Built in "Open in terminal" context menu item;
• Added GTK bookmarks to the MoveTo/CopyTo context menus;
• Added "Set as Wallpaper" to the context menu;
• Switch view buttons on the toolbar (Grid, List and Compact views);
• Drag and drop support for the bookmarks in the sidebar;
• Sidebar: indicators under each drive, displaying the free/used space;
• Type-ahead find feature similar to the one removed from Nautilus starting with version 3.6;
• Collapsable sidebar categories;
• List view:
• columns are now re-orderable by drag and drop;
• you can now right-click a column heading to add or remove visible columns quickly;
• Improved the Open With dialog - you can now add custom mime-type handlers on the fly;
• Much more!

Nemo dual pane and an "elevated privileges" banner displayed when running Nemo as root

Toolbar options

Nemo Unity integration

Nemo Media Columns extension adds new audio and image tags to the List View

Install Nemo file manager in Ubuntu (Unity)

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

Optional: install Nemo extensions

sudo apt-get install nemo-compare nemo-dropbox nemo-media-columns nemo-pastebin nemo-seahorse nemo-share nemo-emblems nemo-image-converter

sudo apt-get install nemo-rabbitvcs

Nemo Terminal extension

sudo apt-get install nemo-terminal

killall nemo
nemo

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpython2.7.so.1 /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1 /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython2.7.so.1 /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1 /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython2.7.so.1 /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython2.7.so.1.0

sudo apt-get install git automake
sudo apt-get build-dep nautilus
git clone https://github.com/daschuer/nemo.git
cd nemo
git checkout generic
./autogen.sh
make
sudo make install

Optional: Set Nemo as the default file manager

sudo apt-get install dconf-tools

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false

xdg-mime default nemo.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons true

xdg-mime default nautilus.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search

sudo apt-get remove nemo nemo-*
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/failsdownloadsteam-nemo-*.list

Linux Mint 17.1 "Rebecca": changes shared between the MATE and Cinnamon editions

Nemo Emblems extension (Cinnamon)

Nemo Folder Color Switcher extension (Cinnamon)

Caja Emblems extension (MATE)

Caja Folder Color Switcher (MATE)

• redesigned Login Window Preferences;
• the default MDM (login screen) theme now uses a slideshow;
• the Software Sources tool now checks the speed of repository mirrors much faster than before and in parallel. It also uses a retry mechanism on timeout and removes erroneous mirrors from the list;
• the session output is now limited to 200KB (between 2000 and 4000 lines of logs), to prevent warning spam and also, it can be filtered ro prevent warnings and errors being collected from GTK, Glib, Gobject and so on. Note that the session output limit is enabled by default and the session output filtering is disabled by default. Both options are available in the MDM Setup tool;
• the 'apt' commands now feature bash completion;
• the English version of the Official User Guide was ported to DocBook and is now available from the menu (under Help).

Changes in Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon edition

• smoother and more responsive desktop: about 30 memory leaks were fixed, CJS was rebased on a newer version of GJS in an effort to reduce memory usage and provide faster execution times and also, the icons used in Cinnamon Settings were added to Mint-X icon theme, which should provide increased responsiveness;
• compositing in full-screen mode is now configurable and does not require to restart Cinnamon;
• added support for single-button touchpads and the actions for 2-finger and 3-finger clicks are configurable;
• Cinnamon Settings:
• the theme module was redesigned and it now includes previews for themes which support this;
•  background module was redesigned and it now supports slideshows (to control this, a new slideshow applet is available, but it's not added to the panel by default);
• the Network Settings were rebased on GNOME's latest configuration module;
• two new Settings modules were added, for privacy and notifications;
• the desktop font is now configurable;
• the screensaver now supports custom date format and custom fonts;
• Nemo:
• redesigned toolbar;
• improved sidebar with highlight effects on hover and a smarter dynamic bookmark section;
• a new button (hidden by default) to open a terminal in the current directory was added;
• two new extensions for folder emblems and changing individual folder color were added by default (already covered above, in the changes shared between the MATE and Cinnamon editions);
• similar to Windows, "Super+e" now opens up the home directory;
• the Cinnamon desktop now starts with a zoom animation, similar to GNOME Shell;
• the login sound is now handled directly by Cinnamon (as opposed to cinnamon-settings-daemon) and plays in sync with the login sequence;
• other small refinements and a lot of bug fixes.

The Background settings module now supports slideshows (to control it, a new panel applet was added)

New Cinnamon Notification settings

The screensaver now supports custom date format and custom fonts

New Privacy settings

Redesigned Cinnamon Themes settings module, which now includes previews for themes that support this

Changes in Linux Mint 17.1 MATE edition

Download Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon Or MATE

• users who have installed Linux Mint 17.1 RC can get the final release by simply installing the updates available in the Update Manager;
• Linux Mint 17 can be upgraded to Linux Mint 17.1 via the Update Manager - official instructions HERE;
• Linux Mint versions older than 17 can't be upgraded to Linux Mint 17.1.

Folder Color for Caja file manager

Folder Color for Nemo (with icons enabled in menus)

• Folder Color is now themable, meaning that it is no longer restricted to the default Ubuntu / Linux Mint icon themes. Unfortunately, no icon themes support it for now, but Numix should support it soon;
• support for small icon resolution (if for instance you're using grid/list view with zoom out);
• icons in submenu: you can now see the actual folder color in the submenu, but firstly you need to enable icons in menu by using the following command: gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.xsettings overrides "{'Gtk/ButtonImages': <1>, 'Gtk/MenuImages': <1>}" (to revert it, simply use "0" instead of "1" for ButtonImages and MenuImages).

Install Folder Color for Caja, Nemo or Nautilus in Ubuntu or Linux Mint

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:costales/folder-color
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install folder-color
nautilus -q

sudo apt-get install folder-color-nemo
nemo -q

sudo apt-get install folder-color-caja
caja -q

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/girepository-1.0/Caja-2.0.typelib /usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Caja-2.0.typelib

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/girepository-1.0/Caja-2.0.typelib /usr/lib/girepository-1.0/Caja-2.0.typelib

• list the packages available in a PPA added on your system;
• download packages from PPAs without adding them;
• PPAs backup / restore, along with all the PPA keys;
• update single repositories using a command line tool (by the way, when you add a PPA using Y PPA Manager, it's updated without updating all the software sources) called "update-ppa" - usage example: "sudo update-ppa ppa:failsdownloadsteam/java";
• some options that should help you re-enable the working PPAs when upgrading to a newer Ubuntu / Linux Mint version;
• remove duplicate PPAs;
• Unity quicklists / optional AppIndicator;
• more.

Install Y PPA Manager

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:failsdownloadsteam/y-ppa-manager
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager

Install Oracle Java 9 (JDK9) in Ubuntu, Linux Mint or Debian via PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:failsdownloadsteam/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java9-installer

su -
echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/failsdownloadsteam/java/ubuntu trusty main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/failsdownloadsteam-java.list
echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/failsdownloadsteam/java/ubuntu trusty main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/failsdownloadsteam-java.list
apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys EEA14886
apt-get update
apt-get install oracle-java9-installer
exit

andrei@andrei-desktop:~$ java -version
java version "1.9.0-ea"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.9.0-ea-b50)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 1.9.0-ea-b50, mixed mode)

andrei@andrei-desktop:~$ javac -version
javac 1.9.0-ea

Automated installation (auto accept license)

echo oracle-java9-installer shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | sudo /usr/bin/debconf-set-selections

Setting Java environment variables

sudo apt-get install oracle-java9-set-default

(speaking about Linux Mint 17 Qiana) "Yes, it’s an LTS release (we’re also considering basing the 3 releases after than on the very same LTS base)".

"The decision wasn’t made yet, and after/if it is made we can always adapt it based on how things go. The length of the support is an element but it’s not the most important one at play. There’s also an element of quality and a wish to run mature and proven software rather than to jump on brand new frameworks, techs and toolkits every 6 months. And then there’s the fact that we want to develop more. We want to push innovation on Cinnamon, be more active in the development of MATE, better support Mint tools and engage in projects we’ve postponed for years. So the idea is to boost all that by only adapting to new bases once every 2 years, to better commit to that one base shared by all releases and to better support it, and to have our hands freed to do exciting stuff. Note that all will become important post-Qiana though, around November 2014".

gThumb is an image organizer/viewer that can export images to PicasaWeb, Facebook, Flickr or Photobucket, comes with some basic image editing features such as cropping, resizing, rotation, image enhancing, has video support, supports WebP images, can import images from digital camera and many other cool features.

gThumb 3.3.2 in Ubuntu 14.04 (under GNOME Shell)

• Use a GtkHeaderBar instead of a menu and a toolbar;
• Use dark theme;
• Better raw image support, using libraw instead of libopenraw;
• Image viewer: show a frame around the image; use an overview window to scroll the image instead of the scrollbars; better quality for zoomed out images;
• Faster image loader for big images;
• Use symbolic icons everywhere;
• Added a custom tiff loader;
• Add a rating-based filter;
• Image viewer buttons: added fit to width;
• Added navigation buttons to show the next and the previous file;
• Use a dialog to rename folders and catalogs;
• Allow to find duplicates in catalogs;
• Much more - for complete changes, see the news files from HERE.

Install gThumb 3.3.x in Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 / 14.10 (GNOME Shell) or Linux Mint 17 with Cinnamon

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

How to revert the changes

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:failsdownloadsteam/gthumb

• added option to set background opacity;
• added profile picture and a command which allows editing the profile picture (via Mugshot);
• added customizable limit for recently used;
• added support for non-square panel button icon;
• added items of Xfce settings manager to allow searching;
• rearranged options in configuration dialog and renamed some options;
• expand subcategories when activated;
• load default settings from XDG location;
• make launchers executable when they are added to desktop;
• refactored list page code;
• use a single instance of the garcon menu;
• fixed search activation to allow input methods;
• fixed broken menu when closed by window manager;
• various other bug fixes and translation updates.

Install Whisker Menu 1.5.0 In Xubuntu Or Linux Mint Xfce

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gottcode/gcppa
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin

sudo apt-get install xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/trusty

xfce4-panel --restart

Install and configure TopMenu in Xubuntu 14.04, 14.10 or 15.04 / Linux Mint 17 or 17.1

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:failsdownloadsteam/mate
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xfce4-topmenu-plugin

sudo apt-get install libtopmenu-gtk3 libtopmenu-qt topmenu-mozilla-extension

Install Global Application Menu Cinnamon Applet in Linux Mint or Ubuntu (14.04)

sudo apt-get install unity-gtk2-module unity-gtk3-module appmenu-qt appmenu-qt5

TopMenu - GTK2 app

TopMenu - GTK3 app

TopMenu - Qt app

TopMenu Firefox extension

• TopMenu is not considered stable and according to its homepage, GTK3 is only partially supported, so you may encounter bugs or it may not work at all for you;
• I had to tweak TopMenu GTK3 to render properly (some colors were hard-coded and it didn't respect the panel colors) but it's still not perfect and some stuff won't look properly - for instance, when using a transparent panel;
• if you want to remove TopMenu installed from our PPA, use "purge" instead of remove (this should completely remove it: "sudo apt-get purge libtopmenu-*") - that's required to remove the script the package adds under /etc/profile.d/;
• the PPA provides the latest TopMenu from Git;
• TopMenu from our PPA only works with MATE 1.8. To be able to use it in Ubuntu 14.04 (if you don't use Ubuntu MATE 14.04), you'll have to install the latest MATE via PPA.

How to get a global menu under MATE 1.8 with TopMenu in Ubuntu or Linux Mint

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:failsdownloadsteam/mate
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mate-topmenu-applet

sudo apt-get install libtopmenu-gtk3 libtopmenu-qt topmenu-mozilla-extension

• added support for Panoramio: this allows fetching images from a certain map area;
• added support the Enlightenment desktop environment (E17, E18, E19)
• reorganized indicator menu;
• easier Facebook sharing: you no longer have to enter your login credentials in an embedded Webkit browser to share wallpapers on Facebok - instead, the login now happens in your default browser;
• new Wallpaper Selector AppIndicator menu entry: this displays random images from your enabled image sources in Variety's thumbnail bar
• unicode support;
• fixed Flickr and Wallpapers.net wallpaper sources;
• fixed AppIndicator icon size under Xfce and GNOME Fallback;
• Other bug fixes (Cinnamon-related fixes, etc.).

Variety Ubuntu AppIndicator

Panoramio - to use it, open the Variety Preferences and on the General tab click Add and select Panoramio

Wallpaper Selector

Variety AppIndicator icon fixed for GNOME Flashback

Variety AppIndicator icon fixed for Xfce

Install Variety Wallpaper Changer in Ubuntu or Linux Mint

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:peterlevi/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install variety