Customizing the Gnome File Manager
The Gnome File Manager, which was covered in Chapter 5, “Working with the Gnome Desktop Environment,” is similar to Windows Explorer.
To customize the Gnome File Manager, click "Settings" on the menu bar and then choose "Preferences" (see Figure 6.10).
Figure 6.10. Customizing the Gnome File Manager.
The File Display Tab
The first tab, labeled "File display", controls how files are displayed, and also a little about how file searches are done. Here is what each option does:
Show backup files— Backup files generally end with a tilde (~). By default, the Gnome File Manager does not show these files. Checking this ...
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