[ubuntu-za] Xubuntu and Nautilus

[Bill Cairns]

Hi Robin,

I actually have another machine running 12.10 and have just loaded
Gimp onto it. (It is, from the repositories, 2.8.2 so perhaps the
repositories have caught up). It does seem to have solved the problem
of blowing after every save so that solves a lot of problems! (It also
looks and behaves a bit different but I am sure that i will get used
to that soon enough!)

The question is - will Gimp 2.8.2 run on 12.04?  I suppose thatthere
is only one way to find out ... I would actually rather stay on 12.04
for the duration on my main machine, but that is not a decision cast
in stone.

Thanks,
  Bii

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Robin Bownes <robin at bownes.co.za> wrote:
>
> On 12/09/2012 08:01 AM, Bill Cairns wrote:
>>
>> I run both Unity and Xfce (using Xubuntu) on this machine. I have to
>> use Xubuntu because Gimp still does not work well under Unity (it
>> crashes frequently, its toolbars get confused and refer to the wrong
>> window and so on).
>>
>> I have nothing against Thunar, but would like to stick to a single
>> file manager – beside which I enjoy Nautilus Scripts.
>>
>> Is there a way of making Nautilus my default file manager under
>> Xubuntu? For instance, so that when I insert a stick, Nautilus is
>> called up and not Thunar? (I already have Nautilus as a desktop icon
>> but would like to go a bit further).
>>
>> Thanks,
>>    Bill
>>
> Hi Bill,
>
> Admittedly, this is not a direct answer to the question that you've asked,
> but it does strongly relate to the reason for your question. I too battled
> with Gimp 2.7x under Ubuntu 11.xx & 12.04, however, I've found a couple of
> solutions.
>
> For quite a while I've been using 11.xx & 12.04, but with the Mate GUI. This
> works really well. (solved all the problems, but I also actually like Unity
> - go figure) ;~D
>
> However, more recently, and I'll admit that I've only done limited testing
> of this solution, I've firstly discovered that a fresh 12.10 installation
> seems to solve some of the Gimp-related issues. Secondly, I did a manual
> upgrade to Gimp 2.8. For some reason my Ubuntu installations don't seem to
> have picked up this fairly major Gimp upgrade, and still run 2.7x if left to
> themselves. This 2.8x upgrade, along with the 12.10 fresh install, seem to
> solve all the niggly issues. (just be aware that some of the keyboard
> shortcuts have changed in Gimp 2.8)
>
> Hope this is helpful.
>
> Robin
>
>
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