[xubuntu-users] Slow directory opening

[Joshua O'Leary]

On 07/06/12 22:16, Wybo Dekker wrote:
> On 2012-06-07 17:38, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
>> Users, Yes. I am also having this problem. And it affects the file
>> browser opening, but not application opening. I now have time to play
>> a short game of solitaire while waiting for Thunar to open. This
>> applies to the Desktop launcher and the Panel launcher as well.
>> Solutions I have tried:
>> 1) making a new launcher for /usr/bin/thunar and  /home/myname
>> 2) launching thunar once before I need it. It is the FIRST opening
>> that causes this delay and error.
>> 3) tried the setting for Thunar, but no help in the 'auto open' or
>> other changes.
>> Solutions I have not yet tried:
>> 1) re-direct error message to a file to see what is occurring.
>> 2) getting source for the launcher application set - the launcher
>> application and the 'exo' launcher helper.
>> Thank you, Ted P.
> I don't like thunar anyway, so I installed nautilus and called it thunar:
>
> sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/nautilus /usr/bin/thunar
>
> Now my new thunar has the option of displaying two panes, for example.
> (you can't uninstall thunar without removing other important packages...)
>
You could alternatively add
alias thunar=/usr/bin/nautilus
to ~/.bashrc

That would be less permanent and for your user only.
Joshua