Using Nautilus The graphical desktop includes a file manager called
Nautilus that gives you a graphical display
of your system and personal files. Nautilus
is designed to be much more than a visual listing of files, however. It
allows you to configure your desktop, configure your Red Hat Linux system, play
your digital music and video files, browse your photo collection, access
your network resources, and more all from one integrated interface. In
essence, Nautilus becomes a
shell for your entire desktop experience.
Working in Nautilus is efficient and provides
an alternative to searching through the various sub-menus connected to
the or using a shell prompt to navigate the
file system. The following sections explain how to use the
Nautilus to enhance your desktop experience.
To start Nautilus as a file manager, double-click on
your home directory icon:
 Once Nautilus appears, you can navigate
through your home directory or the rest of the file system. To return to
your home directory, click the Home button.
When you navigate through your file system, you can always see where you
are by looking at the frame on the left which shows you the current
directory.
The main frame contains folders and files which you can
drag with your mouse to move and copy them into new
locations. If you prefer, you may click on the
Tree tab on the bottom left to display
a hierarchical view of your complete file system which may
make moving and copying easier for you. If the
Tree tab does not appear on the bottom left, you
can make the tab available by right clicking in the tab area and
choosing from the menu.
If you do not want to use the tree view, you can open another
Nautilus window by selecting
=> . Once
you have another Nautilus window, you can
drag and drop files to different directories. By default, dragging a
file from one directory to another will move the file. If you wish to
copy the file to another directory, press the [Ctrl] key
while dragging and dropping the file.
By default, text-based files and images in your home directory will be
seen as thumbnails. For text files, this means
you will see a portion of the actual text in the icon. For images, you
will see a scaled-down (or thumbnail) version of
the image. To turn off this feature, select =>
. Select
Performance from the menu on the left. Select
Never for the visual enhancements that you want
to disable. Disabling these features will increase the speed of
Nautilus.
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