Comment 59 for bug 382703

Just reading some of the comments (including johnk above) I think some people are confused over what is being discussed.

the convention /home/username (ie username= johns therefore home = /home/johns) isnt going anywhere. this will always be the case as every username on a Linux system must be unique therefore every folder is unique. This is the same for Windows and Mac

This is just to discuss how it is refereed to in the Places menu or other locations, just the name of the Launcher effectively.

Personally I think it should be a standard name such as "Home". I can understand the multi-language problems but am wondering if completely different words can be used (not just a direct translations of the word Home). Sorry I don't speak any other languages so cant provide any examples, the philistine that I am. 8)

The main reason I +1 to "Home" is support. telling someone (over the phone etc) to go to their home folder, if the home folder is called JohnS etc will confuse some people.

Ive come across this when supporting Windows users when the environment was changed that every "My Computer" Icon was renamed to the hostname of the computer. This meant a lot of users just didn't even know where they were going and asking them to go to "My Computer" meant they couldn't find it. Some users were fine with it but it caused a lot of problems.

really the Home Folder should be the same place relative to any user that uses an Ubuntu PC. Just like in the terminal any user can type "cd ~" and they are taken Home. Although it is a different folder name (/home/username etc) obviously for every user, the user should never have to think that it is a different folder.

There are some other advantages as well. Although not a common operation you might want to use a copy of a home folder generated under UserA for UserB (similar to editing the /etc/skel folder). although this can be worked around by other means (as a lot of things can in Linux) there is a chance that the username references, UserA, will remain in the now UserB profile complicating the process.

anyway +1 for "Home"