It's basically supposed to give cursor indication (spin) while app is loading & has been there forever. (possibly that line was almost always added to many .desktops as a matter of course, needed or not..
Seemed to have created issues in the past, ie. Bug 930768 (though nautilus.desktop still has the line & this may not still be an issue -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1256961 Title: new glib (2.39.1) causes some indicators & nautilus to not load promptly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/1256961/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
