Very simple question. When I am in my home directory in terminal and type pwd I get /home/<myusername>. And it is the same directory when I am in Nautilus Home section:
Ubuntu and Lubuntu file managers:
So why is the same directory but it's called different ways? It's sometimes confusing when going through the directories in terminal.
The "Home" in nautilus is simply a link to /home/<username>. It is the same way that windows puts different names (.e.g. "My Documents", but it's "Documents" in terminal).
It is to make it more user friendly, they want your "Home" space to be obvious how to find. It is only more advanced users that find that it is different - so you don't get conflicts with other users. It's also easier when helping someone remotely, to say "Click on home"
Typically, your home folder is /home/user but this is optional. A system administrator can put it anywhere, and nautilus's Home link will redirect to the new place, if it is set in /etc/passwd.
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