These folders occur at /home/username.
How does this name discrepancy arise? (Uppercase E versus lowercase e.)
It seems to be a shortcut to /usr/share/example-content.
How can I delete /usr/share/example-content/Ubuntu_Free_Culture_Showcase without using the command line?
One possible answer is to make a privileged Nautilus using something like these SUSE instructions (link below). Unfortunately "gnomesu nautilus" gives me a "gnomesu: no such file" message and "sudo nautilus" does not do anything when added to the properties of the Launcher. Update: "sudo nautilus" from the console let's me delete but there is a mess of error messages.
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A .desktop file is a shortcut to an application, URL, or directory on the file system. It is just a simple text file with standard format. The text that appears under the icon is defined in the content of the .desktop file; the filename is not used.
To run nautilus as root on Ubuntu, use this command:
gksudo 'nautilus --no-desktop'The files that show up in new users' home directories are kept in /etc/skel, and the default desktop is in /etc/skel/Desktop. You can delete the icon from future new users' desktops from there.
You can also delete the shortcut from all users' desktops from the command line:
sudo rm /home/*/Desktop/examples.desktop".desktop files" in Linux are used different things (see the Desktop Entry standard at freedesktop.org). You can open up the examples.desktop file in an editor (like gedit) to view it; you will probably see the word "Examples" in it (that's how it shows that name :) )
