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"Cloning" cinnamon settings [Solved]

Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 6:08 pm
by nelkor
I need to set up a number of machines, running Mint 19.1 Tessa, with identical Cinnamon settings. I have one machine set up as I want it but have now spent much of the past 3 days fiddling around with Cinnamon Settings, Applets and Panels in an attempt to duplicate the setup on another machine without success. I am hoping that there is some way of cloning the setup.

Clearly there is a file somewhere on the system that Cinnamon reads when it first runs on a new machine or user account because every new account created on a machine looks identical. Ideally I want to have that file configured so that it creates my preferred setup.

Does anyone know if it is possible and how?

Re: "Cloning" cinnamon settings

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 1:08 am
by deepakdeshp
If all are 64 bit machines, you can use Clonezilla to backup and restore your full system.

Re: "Cloning" cinnamon settings

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 1:38 am
by philotux
I am not using Cinnamon at the moment but I believe it keeps its configuration in /home/username/.cinnamon/ also written as ~/.cinnamon

To get there go to your home directory and press Ctrl-h. Copy the .Cinnamon folder to an external medium. Copy over the folder to the home directory of the other machine.

Hope this helps!

Re: "Cloning" cinnamon settings

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:09 am
by smurphos

Re: "Cloning" cinnamon settings

Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 6:58 am
by nelkor
Thanks smurphos. I had got to the dconf dump/load procedure but didn't think to backup the other directories. Your answer certainly solves the question I asked.

I am finding that configuring cinnamon via the applets and panels is much more awkward and fiddly now than it was in earlier versions on Mint. Or maybe my old brain simply doesn't remember how I set up my main account originally.

I need too look at your other tips about cinnamon.

Thanks again