DogHouse

Almost done with configing.  New verb that!  BTW PsychoCats rule!

Here is a script from PsychoCats to replace  Nautilus with Thunar.

#!/bin/bash
echo ‘
Making sure Thunar is installed
‘
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install thunar
echo ‘
Downloading new .desktop files
‘
mkdir temp
cd temp
wget -c http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/defaultthunar/nautilus-computer.desktop
wget -c http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/defaultthunar/nautilus.desktop
wget -c http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/defaultthunar/nautilus-folder-handler.desktop
wget -c http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/defaultthunar/nautilus-home.desktop
sudo chown root:root *.desktop
echo ‘
Making backup copies of old .desktop files
‘
sudo cp /usr/share/applications/nautilus-computer.desktop /usr/share/applications/nautilus-computer.desktop.backup
sudo cp /usr/share/applications/nautilus.desktop /usr/share/applications/nautilus.desktop.backup
sudo cp /usr/share/applications/nautilus-folder-handler.desktop /usr/share/applications/nautilus-folder-handler.desktop.backup
sudo cp /usr/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop /usr/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop.backup
echo ‘
Replacing old .desktop files with new .desktop files
‘
sudo mv nautilus-computer.desktop /usr/share/applications/nautilus-computer.desktop
sudo mv nautilus.desktop /usr/share/applications/nautilus.desktop
sudo mv nautilus-folder-handler.desktop /usr/share/applications/nautilus-folder-handler.desktop
sudo mv nautilus-home.desktop /usr/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop
cd ..
rmdir temp
echo ‘
Thunar should now be your new default file manager in Gnome
‘

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so copy the script and do the chmod+x thing to make it executable.

So now I login to Intrepid Ibex and e16, Enlightenment.  Then I get my user  menu to launch the gnome-panel without too much Gnome stuff and no Nautilus.

Pretty cool and stable.  Intrepid should be gold next week.  

Lesson Learned:  Never buy Sushi from a gas station!  What was I thinking?  Oh well.

Ummm… How to get Nautilus back as the default Prince of Darkness.  Since you asked…

Now go out and vote early for Barry Obama.  Do it.

#!/bin/bash
if [ -f /usr/share/applications/nautilus-computer.desktop.backup ]; then
  echo -e "\nRestoring Computer .desktop file\n"
  sudo cp /usr/share/applications/nautilus-computer.desktop.backup /usr/share/applications/nautilus-computer.desktop
else
  echo -e "\nYou’re missing a Computer .desktop backup file–nothing to restore\n"
fi
if [ -f /usr/share/applications/nautilus.desktop.backup ]; then
  echo -e "\nRestoring Nautilus .desktop file\n"
  sudo cp /usr/share/applications/nautilus.desktop.backup /usr/share/applications/nautilus.desktop
else
  echo -e "\nYou’re missing a Nautilus .desktop backup file–nothing to restore\n"
fi
if [ -f /usr/share/applications/nautilus-folder-handler.desktop.backup ]; then
  echo -e "\nRestoring folder handler .desktop file\n"
  sudo cp /usr/share/applications/nautilus-folder-handler.desktop.backup /usr/share/applications/nautilus-folder-handler.desktop
else
  echo -e "\nYou’re missing a folder handler .desktop backup file–nothing to restore\n"
fi
if [ -f /usr/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop.backup ]; then
  echo -e "\nRestoring Home .desktop file\n"
  sudo cp /usr/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop.backup /usr/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop
else
  echo -e "\nYou’re missing a Home .desktop backup file–nothing to restore\n"
fi
if [ -f /usr/share/applications/network-scheme.desktop.backup ]; then
  echo -e "\nRestoring Network .desktop file\n"
  sudo cp /usr/share/applications/network-scheme.desktop.backup /usr/share/applications/network-scheme.desktop
else
  echo -e "\nYou’re missing a Network backup file–nothing to restore. If you had Thunar as your previous default file manager, this is normal.\n"
fi
echo ‘
Nautilus should now be your new default file manager in Gnome again
‘