How can I specify the home directory in Ubuntu, like I can specify %APPDATA% in Windows? I know about $HOME, but that doesn't seem to work when I try changing the default GNOME screenshot save location on Ubuntu 20.10 using dconf Editor. Any help would be greatly appreciated :D
Edit: Also, when I change settings in dconf Editor, are they changed at the root level for everyone or just for me?
Both "$HOME" and ~ point to the current user's home folder, but technically, they are different things. While these will work in the terminal and in scripts, your graphical application may or may not interpret these in the same way. In dconf-editor, "$HOME" may work to retrieve the full path to your home directory if the application using the information interprets it. In your case, where you change settings for Gnome Screenshot, it will work. But again: this is not universal, so if one day you find it doesn't, try ~, or else you may need to spell out the full path.
