It looks like this is an intended behavior (i.e. [d]effective by design). It seams to be that Log-off/Log-on step is crucial here. Since by default Ubuntu invokes xdg-user-dirs-update, which resets empty folders corresponding to anything set in .config/user_dirs.dirs to $HOME and nautilus respects this setting further on.
** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) => (unassigned) Status: Triaged => Invalid -- nautilus does not respect desktop_is_home_dir setting https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/273946 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs