Well, It's inconvinient to click the "Other locations" to get all the devices, how can I pin the devices on the sidebar
Furthermore, if there was a way to show "Other locations" as the default screen when opening the file explorer(yes a windows memory lol)
I have always thought so. In fact, Nautilus is the only file manager that does this.
But that also means that there is a very easy solution: Use a different file manager.
I use Nemo File manager. It shows devices in logical order on the tree and has an actual accessible toolbar where you can pin your often-used actions like folder direction and movement instead of hiding your tooling access behind hamburgers.
On my setup of Nemo, to reach root, instead of jumping through Gnomes hoops, I tap the Up Arrow icon on the toolbar twice. That's it.
You also could use Thunar, PCManFM or other GTK file managers for good integration instead of Nemo or Nautilus.
Or a Qt formatted file manager like Dolphin using qt5ct package to format it to use the GTK theme.
Can you guide me how to install Nemo File manager, because I think mint had that by default
Sure, you can install it swiftly with just one terminal command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install nemo
Or you can install using your preferred Software Package Manager like Synaptic or the default Gnome Software store in Zorin OS.
If you like Nemo, you will likely want to make it the Default File Manager. Please see this thread on how to do so:
For what is worth, this has been in the works for some time and it looks like it may land in upcoming version of Gnome. Not estimated date yet but looks like it could be soon:
That is a very good tip .... I never knew that and have had to do the sudo -i route to open root ..... thanks
Using the up arrow will get you to location; it will not elevate privileges. For that, right click and select "Open in Root".
Actually, I had this question, how can I add mounted drive on sidebar?
I couldn't find any answer, most of them suggest installing Nemo FM, anyway I have an easy solution.
Go to computer / mnt (some devices go to media folder) and add your desire mounted devices as a folder to the bookmark.
Hi there
As an aside Q. - are these 'bookmarks' permanent?
where are they saved? and can they be backed up somewhere (exported) ie: saved to another location and then imported back? for example after a reinstallation.
cheers CD
In ubuntuusers is said that they are saved in
~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks
(press ctrl+h when your filemanager is opened to show the hidden files)
I can't check it at the moment.
You can copy this file and save it.
Yes, bookmarks are permanent. It's a plain text file as mentioned above but you have to write it in the correct format for both local and remote locations. For instance, to add a custom folder you'd just follow the syntax that is already present:
file:///home/zenzen/My/Custom/Folder/Somewhere
For network locations you need to provide the path using the network protocol and IP address (I don't think you can provide custom hostnames but I'll check later):
nfs://192.168.122.52/home/zenzen/Public
Keep in mind that this has a couple of caveats:
Adding a bookmark will not automatically configure the connection to actually create the mount share. It won't create any missing folders locally in your computer, either.
Once the connection is established you will see both the bookmark and the actual connection:
You can work around this by not using Nautilus (the file manager) to handle mounts, and going through the regular /etc/fstab/ configuration file. But this is a bit more involved, and less convenient.
Last but not least, in the bookmarks configuration file you can also specify the display name at the end of the line. This can be useful if you have more than one network drive with different purpose, since the IP address itself is not very telling:
nfs://192.168.122.52/home/zenzen/Public Remote PC
This bookmarks my network share from another computer (where my username is also "zenzen"), which is shared using the NFS protocol. If you were using FTP or SMB, that's what you'd use instead.
EDIT: Yes, you can use custom hostnames. If you already have a DNS resolver for your local network, or have your remote host hosted somewhere on the internet and with a domain name already set up, you don't need to make any changes. Otherwise, you need to tell your computer how to translate 192.168.122.52 (or whatever your IP for the remote host is) to the name that you want to use.
To do that, edit the file at /etc/hosts, and the bookmarks file accordingly to use the domain that you specified, like so:
I chose the domain name "debian-dwm" in this case. You can obviously choose what you want, but do not use spaces for this.
found it at
admin:///home/username/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks
and thanks for the Ctrl+h tip, so many to learn
cheers CD
Hi there
Thanks for the full responce, I am way too early in my linux journey for delving in so deep.
But I would like to ask one more Q. I put the /home folder on a separate partition of the disk from the ./ root during the installation.
Therefore will my bookmarks remain during a reinstallation?
cheers CD
@doobre
~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks
is the same as
/home/username/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks
(~ is a shorthand for the user's home directory)
Yes, you can take a look here how to do this. Important is not to format the home partition.
When you plan to install other versions of Zorin, e.g. Zorin 18, there could be problems because the gnome version isn't the same.
On a side note, for other forum members reading this thread, this is not the same as Browser Bookmarks - these should be exported from the Browser before doing a fresh installation of Zorin.
Don't worry, things look more difficult than they are. There are a few details to keep an eye on, but at the end of the day it's just editing a plain text file. Feel free to ask if you need any help with that.
If you recall, during the installation of Zorin OS you are offered several options:
Erasing the entire disk would do exactly what it says, and "Something else" will take you to another screen where you can choose to modify the drive as you wish.
Here's an example of a drive with Zorin OS installed in one partition (/dev/vda3) and a dedicated home partition (/dev/vda4). To re-install Zorin OS I would select the root partition, click "Change" and fill in the details:
Choose whatever size you find appropriate for your use case, select EXT4 as the filesystem, check that "Format the partition" setting and, finally, enter "/" as the mount point.
Next, repeat the process for the home partition. This time, however, you will not check the "Format the partition" option, and enter "/home" as the mount point. What this will do is tell the installer that you want to use this partition, and it will set it up so that it's automatically mounted.
You should have something like this. Notice the tick on the "Format?" column:
These are the same steps that @swarfendor437 goes over in that other thread linked above, but I wanted to show you that it's possible to do this directly during the installation itself.
Browser bookmarks are stored in the profile folder, which is stored inside the user's home directory, so this would preserve the bookmarks as well. Although I personally prefer to export them like you say, if nothing else to have them properly backed up elsewhere.
