Because freemangordons instruction had $DOWNLOAD_DIR I tried to check the $ directory with ls -la

Is it normal to have many users to some? Or should understand user meaning here an application access? Not yet there learning linux with a youtube courses.

~ $ ls -la
drwxr-xr-x 50 user users 4096 Sep 6 15:03 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 user users 4096 Jan 1 2000 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Sep 3 23:51 .CSSUfeatures
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 20 Sep 5 01:20 .ash_history
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Sep 6 12:33 .backgrounds
drwxr-xr-x 4 user users 4096 Sep 6 15:17 .bookmarks
-rw------- 1 user users 349 Sep 6 15:20 .browser
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 1114 Sep 6 15:20 .browser_typed_urls
drwxr-xr-x 12 user users 4096 Sep 6 12:35 .cache
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Sep 10 2010 .calendar
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 40 Aug 19 19:39 .cherry_state
-rwxr-xr-x 1 user users 644 Sep 1 13:09 .chroot
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 644 Sep 1 13:09 .chroot.orig
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 80 Sep 6 14:26 .clockd.conf
drwxr-xr-x 24 user users 4096 Sep 5 14:46 .config
drwx------ 3 user users 4096 Jan 1 2000 .dbus
drwxr-xr-x 6 user users 4096 Aug 20 00:23 .fmms
drwxr-xr-x 3 user users 4096 Sep 5 09:00 .fmp_pause_thumbnail
-rw------- 1 user users 25266 Sep 5 09:00 .fmp_temp_task_manager_pause_image_location
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Sep 1 22:44 .fontconfig
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Sep 1 13:09 .gimp-2.6
drwx------ 2 user users 4096 Jan 1 2000 .gnome2
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Sep 6 12:58 .gstreamer-0.10
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 274 May 5 2010 .gtkrc-2.0
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Sep 6 13:00 .hildon-application-manager
drwxr-xr-x 4 user root 4096 Aug 19 19:40 .intellisyncd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 756 Sep 17 2010 .kbdactive
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Aug 21 00:26 .kernel
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Sep 4 17:55 .kmplayer
drwxr-xr-x 3 user users 4096 Mar 30 2010 .local
drwx------ 5 user users 4096 Sep 2 01:17 .maemosec-certs
drwx------ 3 user users 4096 Aug 19 19:44 .maemosec-secure
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Sep 10 2010 .maesync
drwx------ 2 user users 4096 Sep 6 14:30 .mafw-playlists
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 10240 Aug 19 19:40 .mafw.db
drwxr-xr-x 6 user users 4096 Aug 20 00:40 .modest
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Aug 20 22:51 .modrana
drwx------ 9 user users 4096 Sep 3 11:04 .mozilla
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Aug 21 08:49 .mplayer
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Aug 20 22:52 .nokia-maps
dr-xr-x--- 2 user users 4096 Aug 19 19:40 .obex-root
drwxr-xr-x 8 user users 4096 Sep 5 14:58 .opera
drwxr-xr-x 5 user users 4096 Sep 6 15:03 .osso
drwxr-xr-x 3 user users 4096 Mar 30 2010 .osso-abook
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Sep 5 17:52 .osso-backup
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Feb 17 2010 .osso-cud-scripts
drwxr-xr-x 3 user users 4096 Sep 2 02:52 .osso_rss_feed_reader
drwx------ 3 user users 4096 Aug 21 14:47 .pki
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Sep 6 15:17 .profiled
drwx------ 2 user users 4096 Sep 6 14:24 .pulse
-rw------- 1 user users 256 Jan 1 2000 .pulse-cookie
drwx------ 7 user users 4096 Aug 21 17:21 .purple
drwx------ 2 user users 4096 Aug 19 19:39 .rtcom-accounts
drwx------ 3 user users 4096 Aug 19 19:39 .rtcom-eventlogger
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Aug 20 12:28 .rtcom-messaging-ui
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 23330 Jun 22 2010 .sso-autologin.prefs
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Aug 19 21:57 .swappolube
drwxr-xr-x 5 user users 4096 Aug 19 19:40 .thumbnails
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 20480 Aug 20 22:52 .topos.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 2785 Sep 1 13:09 .xbindkeysrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2785 Sep 17 2010 .xbindkeysrc.dist
drwx------ 2 user users 4096 Aug 21 00:32 Desktop
drwxrwxrwx 17 user root 65536 Sep 6 14:25 MyDocs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4521 Sep 6 14:23 Xorg.0.log
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Aug 20 20:12 cuteTube
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Aug 21 09:25 cuteTube-QML
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9763 Nov 16 2010 homescreen-dockbar.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 user users 470 May 10 2012 imagelist-fremantle-01
drwxr-xr-x 2 user users 4096 Sep 1 13:09 img-install
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15586 Aug 20 03:16 ogg-support_1.1_armel.deb
~ $

Could not get EMMC flashed but gonna try the whole process again after I get that flashed as well.