How to Add Images as Wallpapers Directly in Nautilus (file manager) in Ubuntu?

Yes I know, Gnome desktop or its applications in general are painfully simpler for most of us :) (I'm serious!) . But at least, I don't know about other applications, but the default file management utility in Gnome, the Nautilus does let you expand its features via plugins (scripts actually) with ease.

Anyhow, if you're a bit new to Ubuntu, then I'm pretty sure by now that you've figure out that unlike with many other desktops, once inside Nautilus file manager, you just can't right click on an image and "set it as a wallpaper". What!, yep :).

First we gotta open it and then via the default image handler and then by clicking on its window we'll be able to do it. But it's a bit of a work and not the most easiest nor the enjoyable thing to do either. 

Luckily, there's a Nautilus extension/script that once installed, lets you easily set any image extension as a wallpaper, it's called "nautilus-wallpaper" (obviously :D).

Just right-click on any image and from the menu, you'll see a new one called "Set as Wallpaper"...

You can install this "nautilus-wallpaper" script in Ubuntu 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04 (perhaps it'll also work in latter versions...) by using the below command in your Terminal window.

sudo apt-get install nautilus-wallpaper

But for the changes to apply properly, you either have to re-login into the desktop or simply restart Nautilus by using the below command.

nautilus -q

That's it.

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How to Install "Nautilus Open Terminal" Plugin in Ubuntu 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04?

Nautilus is the default file manager for the Gnome desktop which inherits a lot of "being simple" type attitudes. Even though in the past it did use to come with some useful features in the past but depending on the GNU/Linux distribution some of these features may not be visible.

But luckily most of these "dropped" features are actually additional features that Nautilus offers via its plug-in API thus using or installing the appropriate plug-in we can easily get those "missing" features nonetheless.

In that sense, as said some GNU/Linux distros do include it but concerning recent versions of Ubuntu Linux... there is a certain (rather very useful as well) feature that basically lets you open the Gnome Terminal emulation window in any folder as easily as right-clicking on the folder. This how ever is not installed by default in the Nautilus version that comes in the Ubuntu OS.

This is a very useful feature to have because let's say that you downloaded a .deb archive package to a certain location in your HDD and to install it you had to change to that directory in the Terminal window... then sometimes (especially if the folder name contains a lot of numbers/versions, different types of characters, etc which is boring and hard to type and time consuming, etc) having installed this plug-in makes doing things much more easier!.

It's called "Nautilus  Open Terminal". Since Ubuntu has this as a pre-build package in their repositories, you can easily install nautilus open terminal plug-in in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, 10.10 and 10.04 (may also work in other older versions) by using the below command.

sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal

To apply it system wide you'll have to restart Nautilus. To do that, again open your GNU/Linux terminal and enter the below command.

nautilus -q

After than you can open the Gnome Terminal emulation window in Ubuntu in any given folder (should also work in Unity) as easy as right clicking and choosing "Open in Terminal" which is very handy as mentioned before. Enjoy!.

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Install Nautilus Facebook Uploader in Ubuntu 10.10/11.04

Facebook is becoming an important part of most of our lives. And as a GNU/Linux user, don't you think it would be nice to have the ability to upload your pictures, video directly from the Nautilus file manager to Facebook??. If so, you should try the Nautilus Facebook Uploader.

Main features...

*. Upload videos/pictures.

*. Upload to any album in your FB account.

*. Post directly to the wall.

*. Schedule uploads.

If you use Ubuntu 10.10, 11.04, the installation is pretty easy actually. All you gotta do is go and get the .deb package from here. And simply double click on it to install. That's it. The credit goes to the gnome-look.org developer (if you're using any other GNU/Linux distributions please get the source-code the developer page). 

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