Since I have been on the same Solus Budgie install since April 2019 I will probably stay on Nautilus. I hardly use the file manager anyway. More console work and Worker.

EbonJaeger I mean... If you're only using the file manager and not desktop icons all you have to do is install Nemo lol. There's nothing special about it.

Six of one, half dozen of the other, for existing Budgie users. But neither @RAinb0wStAr9938 nor @brent have Budgie currently installed, and there is an advantage of doing a clean install rather than cleaning up an old installation by installing and uninstalling. I would do a clean installation if I were in that situation, but then I think that it is a good idea to do a clean installation every year or two just to get the cruft out.

      tomscharbach . I would do a clean installation if I were in that situation, but then I think that it is a good idea to do a clean installation every year or two just to get the cruft out.

      concur with this again. new budgie, with Nemo, as baked into the flagship seems preferrable to me on a certain level because if I just did the switcheroo...and uninstalled nautilus...I would have to go hunt down all its files, folders, and directories, some with sudo permissions, some without, for purging, plus all the pyschic debris if you believe in that stuff. That said I know @EbonJaeger is right and nothing would change per se. I will await the day I can install the iso cleanly. Can dig it.

          brent I would have to go hunt down all its files

          There's a reason why eopkg has the rmo command. How many folders and directories do you think Nautilus requires?

          That said, I agree that a fresh installation would be better. But you could do the other until the 4.4 .ISO files are available, and then do your fresh installation. Only if you want to, of course.

              WetGeek There's a reason why eopkg has the rmo command. How many folders and directories do you think Nautilus requires?

              rmo and dc gets rid of some stuff. But eopkg in no way gets rid of an app's folders in .config, .local, etc etc. Eopkg doesn't remove a paper trail.

                  WetGeek ly if you want to, of course.

                  don't want to. will wait for the baked enchilada, to mangle metaphors

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                    WetGeek There's a reason why eopkg has the rmo command. How many folders and directories do you think Nautilus requires?

                    As far as I know, rmo removes dependencies that are no longed associated with any installed package.

                    brent rmo and dc gets rid of some stuff. But eopkg in no way gets rid of an app's folders in .config, .local, etc etc. Eopkg doesn't remove a paper trail.

                    There won't be conflict with Nemo and leftover Nautilus files, though.

                        brent rmo and dc gets rid of some stuff. But eopkg in no way gets rid of an app's folders in .config, .local, etc etc.

                        That's right. Eopkg won't touch anything in your home directory.

                        I'm not sure where the "etc etc" folders are, but for the stuff in your home directory, it takes only a few seconds to turn on "show hidden files," then find the folders named "Nautilus" and rm -r them at their top level.

                        But as @[deleted] pointed out, with Nautilus removed, nothing will be looking for them so they're as good as removed even if you don't bother to do that. And it's only for (we're hoping) a short time until 4.4 .ISO files are released.

                            WetGeek I'm not sure where the "etc etc" folders are

                            those are likely more ./ folders plus whatever slithers into the / directory after install.

                            WetGeek But as @stalebrim pointed out, with Nautilus removed, nothing will be looking for them so they're as good as removed even if you don't bother to do that.

                            I am not a neat freak, but ^ that's not my style of housecleaning.