Including Nemo in the repository opens up the possibility to use Nemo's desktop view instead of Budgie Desktop View on Budgie. This offers a fuller experience that people have come to expect from a desktop view. In the next edition of Solus, this will become the default for new installations of Solus Budgie, and these steps will not be necessary.

If you don't want to wait or reinstall, there is good news! You don't have to! 🎉
After installing Nemo from the repository, you can perform these steps to use Nemo's desktop implementation:

  1. In Budgie Desktop Settings, go to the Desktop page on the left and turn off desktop icons, just in case.
  2. Create a file in ~/.config/autostart named org.nemo-desktop.desktop, and into it paste the following: 
    [Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Nemo
Comment=Start Nemo desktop at log in
Exec=nemo-desktop
OnlyShowIn=Budgie;
AutostartCondition=GSettings org.nemo.desktop show-desktop-icons
X-GNOME-AutoRestart=true
NoDisplay=true
  3. Run this in a terminal (or set it via Dconf Editor) to tell Budgie to use Nemo for the desktop view: gsettings set com.solus-project.budgie-wm desktop-type-override nemo
  4. Uninstall budgie-desktop-view
  5. Log out and back in
  6. Turn Desktop Icons back on in Budgie Desktop Settings if they aren't already enabled.

Make sure you have the package budgie-desktop-branding-fortitude-plus installed as well. It contains a few settings overrides to make Nemo Desktop work with conky, Showtime, and desktop_weather.

    EbonJaeger thank you for this. for someone that is running budgie, would it be safe to remove (sudo rm) Nautilus entirely? or is it layered pretty deep into the OS?

        EbonJaeger
        Thank you for the information..I will be adding nemo and switching to the nemo desktop just as soon as the updates become available....not here at the time of writing this but looking forward to this addition with anticipation.

          See, this would have never happened if Josh was still with the project. Good to hear Nemo finally made it's way to Solus. Happy new year and can't wait for the next update - I'm lazy and don't want to go though all the steps myself.

          Just out of interest how many people do you think will be picking up Nemo pre 4.4 ISO?

          I'm out of the loop, what is Nemo Desktop and what does it provide that Budgie Desktop View doesn't?

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            ender Free sorting of desktop icons, for example.

              WetGeek makes it more like flagship budgie, first edition (2018)