[ubuntu-uk] 13.04 behaves differently...

[Gareth France]

On 21/02/13 15:29, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
> On 2013-02-21 15:10, Colin Law wrote:
>> In 12.10 this was controlled via Nautilus, Edit > Preferences >
>> Behaviour > Run Executable Files when opened.  Raring includes a major
>> upgrade to Nautilus and they have removed lots of useful stuff (not
>> the Ubuntu developers, the Nautilus developers) so it may no longer be
>> there or may have moved.  Have a look.
> Not intending to troll, but Linux Mint's Nemo file manager is like a breath
> of old, familiar air. These devs are busy restoring functionality from
> Gnome 2's nautilus. I've used it for 2 months now and do not miss Nautilus
> at all.
>
> It should be easy to install in stock Ubuntu if you prefer Unity.
>
> Regards,
> Tyler
>
You know, I spend so much time telling the world how great Ubuntu is. It 
would probably do me the world of good to look at some of the 
alternatives every once in a while! Trouble is I don't have a spare 
machine to try them on right now.