Your Home folder: Open Ubuntu’s file manager, and you’ll see your Home folder. This is where you store your personal files, just as you would on the C:UsersName folder in Windows.

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According to NetMarketshare statistics, Windows has 91.62 percent market share on the desktop in China, compared to 1.21 percent for Linux. The other 7.17 percent is OS X.