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   mm0fmf to Chris Green   
   Re: How to set start directory to /home/   
   25 Oct 24 20:16:56   
   
   From: none@invalid.com   
      
   On 25/10/2024 19:58, Chris Green wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   >   
   What happens if you append "cd ~." to .bashrc ?   
      
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