[Lias] Linux on the desktop - NO?

[Ken Yap]

>> To create a standard desktop you can do the following:
>>
>> Create a user, customize the user's desktop to your liking.
>>
>> Copy that user's home directory to /etc/skel
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>> Then, when you create a new user, all the settings will be copied over.
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>Nice theory, but it doesn't seem to work here! Have done that a number of tim
>es for
>no result.

Did you remember the -m option to useradd?