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What is ~/.face (binary)?

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I just noticed this file, .face, in my home directory:

-rw-r--r--   1 root     root       14747 2012-01-07 01:35 .face

Never seen it or heard of it before, and google doesn't seem to know either. Anyone have any idea?

I'm running 11.10 Desktop x64, clean installed right around the date of this file (Jan 7, 2012).

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answered 2 Years ago onbean · Accepted Answer

It looks like the login manager (GDM) profile image but since you do not explain what version of Ubuntu or GNOME one can only assume.

The ~/.face file is an image file used by GNOME by some functions in the system as, for example, the display picture for GDM, the users profile in the System Settings, etc.