Nautilus File Manager Is Getting a New Global Search Mode in GNOME 46
As part of the GNOME 46 development cycle, Nautilus received a bunch of new features and enhancements for better file management in GNOME, including improved discoverability of custom folder icons, detection of copy/move operations of files over the 4GB limit on FAT filesystems, a new Network view, and much more.
It also received a few improvements to its search capabilities, such as the ability to treat markdown files as text documents when searching, and now, Nautilus has received a new explicit global search mode that should be available for public testing as part of the upcoming GNOME 46 beta release, due out next week.
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GVfs (GNOME virtual filesystem) provides a number of backends that allow SFTP, SMB, HTTP, MTP, WebDAV and other mounts/shares to be accessed through the Nautilus file manager (i.e. as folders and files you can open, move, edit, etc).
That tech already offers a Google Drive backend (which is setup via the Settings > Online Accounts panel).
On the way is OneDrive support, thanks to a revived effort utilising the MS Graph API library (and a related task to add the relevant permissions to GNOME Online Accounts).
While there are plenty of ways to use OneDrive in Ubuntu, ranging from standalone GUI clients to background sync scripts, most are community-based efforts that you have to go out and download, install, and configure yourself.
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Top New Features in GNOME 46, the Desktop for Ubuntu 24.04
GNOME 46 reached UI, ABI/API, and feature freeze stage today. Let’s see the top new features in this popular desktop environment.
GNOME 46 will be the default desktop environment for Fedora 40 Workstation, Ubuntu 24.04, and optional in Arch, Manjaro, etc Linux.
It continues polish the desktop appearance by redesigning the improving the core app experiences.
GNOME Files, aka Nautilus, to have explicit Global Search mode, allowing to find files and folders in all search locations. And a “Search Settings” button is available to filter search results.