I am very new to Linux and am going through and learning all the basics. While I was doing so, I realized how odd it was that the OS treats certain files differently -- namely by displaying them on the GUI desktop environment if they happen to be the desktop file associated with the currently logged-in user. How does the OS know the path variable to the current user's desktop directory? For hacker amusement, can it be changed such that any arbitrary directory will be displayed on the GUI desktop?
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