Nemo version 1.0.0 was released in July 2012 along with version 1.6 of the Cinnamon,[3][better source needed] reaching version 1.1.2 in November 2012.[4] It started as a fork of the
GNOME file manager
Nautilus v3.4[5][6][7][better source needed] after the developers of the operating system
Linux Mint considered that "Nautilus 3.6 is a catastrophe".[8][9][10]
Developer Gwendal Le Bihan named the project "nemo" after
Jules Verne's famous character
Captain Nemo, who is the captain of the
Nautilus.[10]
Features
Nemo v1.0.0 had the following features as described by the developers:[10]
All the features Nautilus 3.4 had and which are missing in Nautilus 3.6 (all desktop icons, compact view, etc.)
Open in terminal (integral part of Nemo)
Open as root (integral part of Nemo)
File operations
progress information (when copying or moving files, one can see the percentage and information about the operation on the window title and so also in the window list)