Install and Set Nemo as the Default Desktop Manager on Ubuntu 18.04

I installed Unity as the default DE on Ubuntu 18.04, but Nautilus really sucks at desktop management. So I decided to make a change.

First, install the Nemo file manager.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/nemo3

Even though this PPA doesn’t support Ubuntu 18.04 yet, you can still use it by changing it to “artful”.

then:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install nemo

Next thing to do is set Nemo as the default file manager and desktop manager.

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false
xdg-mime default nemo.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search

Add “nemo-desktop” to the system autostart and reboot.

Then the future is in your hands.