copy/paste problem

[Bret Busby]

On 13/11/2019, Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril.ie> wrote:
> Hmm. Odd. I installed it under Mint 19 (and under previous Mints and
> Xubuntus) it fails as described. The icons haven't worked since they
> stopped working about 5 years ago when some developer moved a folder of
> icons; and if you open ~/Pictures, none of the .jpg files show thumbnails.
> The documentation doesn't cover these bugs, and as usual, when I reported
> it, I was told these weren't bugs. I don't have time to deal with broken
> software so I just dropped it from all our systems and used something else.
>
> P
>
> On 13 November 2019 16:42:12 Thomas Tanghus <thomas at tanghus.net> wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, 13 November 2019 16.49.51 CET Peter Flynn wrote:
>>> I would add 'try Dolphin' but since it lost all its icons, and its
>>> ability to show JPG previews, it is now unusable, which is a pity
>>> because in its day it was the best.
>>
>> You mean the KDE/Plasma application? It works flawlessly here; better than
>> ever. On Kubuntu 19.10.
>>
>> --
>> /Thomas
>>
>>


I use caja in UbuntuMATE 16.04.x and 19.10, and it mostly works well,
and shows thumbnails for image files and for video files. I also have
pcmanfm installed, as a reserve, for when caja does not function, or,
does not function as I want.

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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