I now agree, the names should be customizable and in any case they should not be links... If i had to do a backup of all of my data, I would have saved the home directory, and lost oll of my "unwanted shared documents"... very bad mr.Ubuntu! :P Apart from these arguments, I think ubuntu must be totally different from Windows... these folder (Links) should not exist... Sorry for my bad english :P <div>2007/11/5, Christian Stefanescu < <a href="mailto:st.chris@gmail.com">st.chris@gmail.com</a>>:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Andres, the thing is, this is a very particular thing. In Windows, those My Documents, My Music, etc folders have been there since Windows 95, and all the software written for Windows is aware on that. These folders here in gutsy are gutsy-specific, not even Ubuntu-specific. It's very good if you have a use for these folders, but keep in mind that storing data here should be available only for your user - it is not an elegant way to store all your music for all users in one place. Nils replied with a nice solution for that. Also do not expect your music player or your word processor to know automatically that you have a ~/Music and a ~/Templates folder. Regards, Chris<div> <div>On 11/5/07, Andres Mochi <<a href="mailto:andres.mochi@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> andres.mochi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I've just migrated from windows... why don't you want these folders? Where do you all store your things? I think it's a good idea... (Please don't kill me after reading my words :P) <div> 2007/11/5, Christian Stefanescu <<a href="mailto:st.chris@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">st.chris@gmail.com</a>>:<div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hello, I deleted them ASAP, as I believe they add a Microsoft-feeling to Ubunut (kind of like My Documents, My Music etc.). Where is the freedom to put stuff where you want it? Regards, Chris <div> <div> On 11/5/07, Gérard BIGOT <<a href="mailto:gerard.bigot@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">gerard.bigot@gmail.com </a>> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div> <div>On 11/5/07, NoOp <<a href="mailto:glgxg@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">glgxg@sbcglobal.net </a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I've noticed that with the new Gutsy upgrade and/or a fresh install new Windows style folders are added to my home directory: Documents Music Pictures Public Templates Videos I delete them - they come back. Does anyone know what package is adding these? </blockquote></div>the xdg-* packages. I find them disturbing also. 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