How to make Nemo the default file manager in Ubuntu

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This info is from http://www.noobslab.com/2014/02/set-nemo-as-default-file-manager-in.html Show archive.org snapshot . It applies to GNOME based desktops.

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

Check:

> xdg-mime query default inode/directory

...should return nemo.desktop.

To revert back to Nautilus:

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