Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual page 295

Directory Description
• Removable media volumes that are mounted.
The file manager also contains a preference that enables users to
use the home directory as the desktop directory, instead of
.gnome-desktop. If a user selects this option, the contents of
the home directory are displayed as desktop objects.
Contains user-specific application data that is not stored in the
.gnome2
GConf repository, such as the following:
• Keyboard shortcut information
• Window location information
• Desktop entry files for panel launchers
This directory also contains user-specific menu data. If a user
modifies menus, the details are stored here.
(Ignore this directory. It currently has no function.)
.gnome2-private
Contains session data for the Metacity window manager.
.metacity
Contains file manager data that is specific to the use, such as the
.nautilus
following:
• Metadata for the directories with which the user works
• Nautilus emblems that the user adds
• Nautilus desktop images
Contains controls theme options, window frame theme options,
.themes
and icons theme options that the user adds. The user can add
themes from the Theme preference tool.
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