I believe setting ~/Downloads as the Downloads directory is the best option. Desktop is for shortcuts/important files. It just gets cluttered (the opposite of what the default Ubuntu install does).
Attached is a debdiff to make this change ** Attachment added: "xdg-user-dirs_0.10-1ubuntu3.debdiff" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30189365/xdg-user-dirs_0.10-1ubuntu3.debdiff ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts Status: Confirmed => Fix Committed -- downloads should go to $HOME/Downloads : XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR should be set to "$HOME/Downloads" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/204567 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
