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To move, copy, delete, rename, and otherwise organize files and folders in GNOME 3, you can use the Nautilus file manager. Nautilus comes with the GNOME desktop and works like other file managers that you may use in Windows or Mac.

To open Nautilus, click the Files icon from the GNOME Dash or Applications list. Your user account starts with a set of folders designed to hold the most common types of content: Music, Pictures, Videos, and the like. These are all stored in what is referred to as your Home directory. Figure 2.11 shows Nautilus open to a Home directory.

FIGURE 2.11 Manage files and folders from the Nautilus window.

When you want to save files that you downloaded from the Internet or created with a word processor, you can organize them into these folders. You can create new folders as needed, drag and drop files and folders to copy and move them, and delete them.

Because Nautilus is not much different from most file managers that you have used on other computer systems, this chapter does not go into detail about how to use drag-and-drop and traverse folders to find your content. However, I do want to make a few observations that may not be obvious about how to use Nautilus:

 Home folder You have complete control over the files and folders that you create in your Home folder. Most other parts of the filesystem are not accessible to you as a regular user.

 Filesystem organization Although it appears under the name Home, your Home folder is actually located in the filesystem under the /home folder in a folder named after your username: for example, /home/liveuser or /home/chris. In the next few chapters, you learn how the filesystem is organized (especially in relation to the Linux command shell).

 Working with files and folders Right-click a file or folder icon to see how you can act on it. For example, you can copy, cut, move to trash (delete), or open any file or folder icon.

 Creating folders To create a new folder, right-click in a folder window and select New Folder. Type the new folder name over the highlighted Untitled Folder, and press Enter to name the folder.

 Accessing remote content Nautilus can display content from remote servers as well as the local filesystem. In Nautilus, select Other Locations from the file menu. From the Connect to Server box that appears, you can connect to a remote server via SSH (secure shell), FTP with login, Public FTP, Windows share, WebDav (HTTP), or Secure WebDav (HTTPS). Add appropriate user and password information as needed, and the content of the remote server appears in the Nautilus window. Figure 2.12 shows an example of a Nautilus window prompting you for a password to log into a remote server over SSH protocol (ssh://192.168.122.81).

FIGURE 2.12 Access remote folders using the Nautilus Connect to Server feature.