Comment 58 for bug 382703

"Home" is terrible. Home directory is a concept, and "home" is the unixy terminology. (Remember $HOME?)

"Home Folder" is also not good. It's hung up on the concept.

The first name is a bad idea, because if you have two users named John, it'll get confusing.

The full name is good, because it's likely to be unique. However, there's one level of indirection going from the name to the username.

The username is very good, because there's a simple mapping from the directory to the username. Usually, the home directory is named the same as the username.

username's Folder is also pretty good. The mapping is not that confusing, and there's an element of explanation there. However, anything less than a 1:1 mapping between names is generally negative. It always leaves the question of whether one name is equivalent to another name.

I think "username (home folder)" within Nautilus could work. It's verbose, but explanatory, and the mapping between /home/username and "username (home folder)" is pretty close. The format also mirrors the old email convention where you'd have "username (Full Name)" in the "To:" header.

Following up on the email idea, perhaps "Home Folder <username>" would be an acceptable label within Nautilus. The angle brackets denote the "computer's identifier". The problem is that it looks too much like an email address.

Personally, I prefer the short username.