Ubuntu
xdg-user-dirs package

  1. Bug #204567
  2. Comment #16

Comment 16 for bug 204567

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antistress (antistress) wrote : Re: downloads should go to $HOME/Downloads : XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR should be set to "$HOME/Downloads"

Besides using the desktop as folder for downloaded files is not practical since desktop doesn't provide all the functionalities that Nautilus provides to handle files. Desktop doesn't have browsing tools !