The dir in the home directory is named after the user. If your username is user1, your home directory will be user1. If you change your username in gnome-control-panel to user2, your home directory will still contain user1 and not user2.
If you can't change it that way, then why bother having the option? It isn't intuitive and provides extremely confusing UX. That is why I reported it as a bug. It should do those things. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1956391 Title: Changing username from gnome-control-center does not change the user home directory or name within the OS Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Changing the username from gnome-control-center 's users panel does not change the user home directory or name within the OS. This is extremely confusing for UX and general user intent. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1956391/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
