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A user profile is a visual display of personal data associated with a specific user, or a customized desktop environment. A profile refers therefore to the explicit digital representation of a person's identity. A user profile can also be considered as the computer representation of a user model.

A profile can be used to store the description of the characteristics of person. This information can be exploited by systems taking into account the persons' characteristics and preferences.

Profiling is the process that refers to construction of a profile via the extraction from a set of data.

User profiles can be found on operating systems, computer programs, recommender systems, or dynamic websites (such as online social networking sites or bulletin boards).

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How do I change my username?

Some time ago, when I installed Ubuntu, I chose a rather stupid username for my account that I do not want to use anymore. How do I change this (including the name of my home directory, and the name in the terminal) without losing settings for…
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Whats the .local folder for in my Home Directory

What is the ~/.local folder good for and is it safe to remove the content within this folder?
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Renaming user name

I made a mistake in the username at the time of installation. So I changed the name of the user after logging in by creating a guest account with SUDO rights. But when I checked the list of users using ls /home command I am not seeing the new name…
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Sync Chromium with a Google account does not work any more … solutions?

Since around today, March 10, 2021 and recent update to 89.0.4389.82 Chromium stopped syncing to Google accounts. As is turns out, this is due to some changes made by Google. What can we as users do? More info:…
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Showing a "cowsay" fortune in every new terminal session

I wish to display a cowsay message in every terminal window. The command I use is fortune | cowsay Any ideas how to make it appear whenever I start a new terminal session?
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What can cause my .profile file to not be loaded when a new terminal shell is initialized?

There are no errors in xsession and I don't have a .bash_login or .bash_profile file, so I'm 100% certain neither of those is loaded and thus cancels .profile loading. When I rename the .profile to .bash_profile and open a new terminal window, it…
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Adding custom path by updating ~/.profile not working

I have altered my ~/.profile file by adding the following: PATH="/user/share/android-sdk-linux/tools:$PATH" I then log off and log in again, but the path is not added to the $PATH environment variable. I am checking in terminal: echo…
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Recovering user files with a Live CD

For some reason I can't boot my system. I get an error akin to Operating System Not Found. I tried bootrepair, and that didn't work. So then I decided I would just save my personal files, wipe everything, and reinstall. But in the live session,…
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Is there a way to change user picture in Xubuntu, and actually display it on login?

I am aware that the way to change user picture, is creating a .face file on /home... The thing is, this only works when one checks the users and groups on System directory... When it's time to login, nothing is displayed, but the default "faceless"…
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What user settings control audio access?

Running a regularly updated 10.04 LTS we have a weird issue with access to audio with pulseaudio 0.9.22. Sound device is ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) Login user1 after reboot: sound OK Login user2 after reboot: sound OK Login user1…
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Can I set a default "About Me" photo?

Is there a way to set a default "About Me" photo so that all users created in the future start off with the same user image on the login screen?
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Adding a Directory to a Path in .profile

I am new to Ubuntu (coming from Windows 7) and I am trying to add a directory to my system path and for some reason I can't get it to work. I am using Ubuntu version 12.04 LTS I tried following this article without success How to add a directory to…
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How to use terminal from Krusader?

When I try to run the "Start Terminal Here" command I get Error executing konsole --workdir %d! On the net I found that the reason is that I have konsole is not installed, but I don't have root access and I can't install here anything. I tried…
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How to ensure that all new users have the same profile settings as the current user?

How to ensure that all new users have the same profile settings as the current user? I am using Ubuntu 12.04.
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Where are the pristine, untouched contents of a ~/.profile file?

Several files in my home directory have been disappearing. E.g. .bashrc, .bash_profile, authorized_keys and now .profile. Regardless of how this happened, I would like to restore the original pristine .profile file. If I create a new user on my…
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