How to set start directory to /home/user rather than /home/user/Desktop?

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I am a died in the wool commadn line user. I have just installed Debian Bookworm on my laptop in place of xubuntu. The installation went pretty smoothly and now I'm configuring things the way I want them.

I **hate** icons on the desktop and I just want to be in $HOME when I log in. So I have configured ~/.config/user-dirs.drs so none of the things like ~/Music and ~/Pictures are created, so far so good. I have also set things so that my 'desktop' directory isn't ~/Desktop, it's ~/.desktop which is invisible. I have absolutely no need or use for a desktop directory.

However, when I start a terminal it starts in ~/.desktop, I want it to start in ~. Does anyone know where that gets set? I certainly had XFCE configured in xubuntu so that terminals started in ~ so I think it must be possible in Debian.

Chris Green · Accepted Answer

Oops, sorry, this was supposed to go to the Debian list. ... and anyway I have discovered the answer. If I click on the bacground I get a terminal in $HOME/.desktop (as it should be) but if I just start a terminal from the menu it's in $HOME as I would expect.

Sorry for the noise!

mm0fmf · Answer

What happens if you append "cd ~." to .bashrc ?

Chris Green · Answer

That might work but it shouldn't be necessary and, anyway, I want"start terminal here" to do what it says.However see my reply, this was the wrong list and I've realised myoriginal mistake.  :-)

Jean-Pierre Kuypers · Answer

In article (Dans l'article)    >, Chris Green    wrote (écrivait) :The HOME directory is in /etc/passwd.Example:user:x:1000:1000:User:/home/user:/bin/bash.- man usermod:The usermod command modifies the system account files.

Lawrence D'Oliveiro · Answer

That is already the value of “~”.

How to set start directory to /home/user rather than /home/user/Desktop?

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