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Masked Man
Asked: 2017-04-10 07:51:46 +0800 CST

How to back up unity state?

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I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS and have done some customization to unity like changing wallpaper, icon sizes and so. How can I back it up and restore it in some other machine, to be precise which file(s) should I copy?

The things I want to backup:

  • My current wallpaper
  • Launcher icon sizes
  • Number of workspaces I have
  • Color of Launcher

Albeit I can summarize it to everything I've changed through unity-tweak-tool.

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1 Answers

  1. dconf stores its configuration in the file ...

    ~/.config/dconf/user

    So backup that one. tweak-tool is about changing dconf settings.

    • location to the wallpaper is in there. Not the wallpaper itself
    • amount of viewports is in there
    • size of launcher icons is in there
    • color of launcher too

    gsettings is the tool to change dconf. Example using wallpaper location:

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri "file:///dir/to/wallpaper.jpg"

    The "org.gnome.desktop.background" part is the structure inside dconf and picture-uri the parameter and the part in between "s the value.

    Setting colors for background:

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background primary-color "#FFFFFF"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background secondary-color "#FFFFFF"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background color-shading-type "solid"
    • FFFFFF being black
    • shading-ype: SOLID, VERTICAL, HORIZONTAL are valid

    Icon launcher size:

    gsettings set org.compiz.unityshell:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/ icon-size 32
    • 32 being the size ;-)

    This question How to dump all the manully altered gsettings keys? lists a method of dumping all settings changed by the user.

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