G3D-THUMBNAILER the directory "thumbnailer" contains a program to create small images ("thumbnails") for file managers like Nautilus. The program ("g3d-thumbnailer") is installed by default, but the integration step has to be done on a user basis at the moment. To install the mime information (freedesktop.org shared mime info stuff) and the integration into Nautilus you have to do the following steps as _normal user_: $ cd thumbnailer $ make install-data-user This procedure will be integrated into the usual installation process for all users in the future.