On Saturday 05 August 2017 22.50:27 wofgdkncxojef wrote: > I tried that with MATE, and the desktop folder for MATE also changed.-_- Yes, that's what I expect if I change .config/user-dirs.dirs In .trinity/share/config/kdeglobals I found this: [Paths] Trash[$e]=$HOME/Desktop/Trash/ I thought maybe there exists some unsused path setting for Desktop... > Have you thought in creating a second user for gnome3? > You can login in both simultaneously, and pass from one to the other > with tty short cuts or change user. You can specialise the two > environments for what ever you are doing. It would be more convenient. > For sharing files, you can use group permissions and maybe a script, to > avoid using sudo. Yes, that could be a solution. Or I can live with the useless icons on the Gnome Desktop. I understand the idea of a global Desktop folder, but for users who use several desktops it becomes a (admittedly small) problem. Thanks for the suggestion, Thierry