On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Niki Kovacs<contact at kikinovak.net> wrote: > Hi, > > The subject says it all. I'd like to copy my own custom desktop > configuration for other users on the machine without having to go > manually through the hassle. > > Here's a non-exhaustive list of what I usually tweak : > > * Theme + icons > * background image > * panel > * screensaver > * Nautilus behaviour > * Handling of removable devices > * Gnome Terminal > * Gnome Dictionary (french servers) > * GEdit options > > And so on... > > I used to do this before, a few years ago, when I was a Slackware user, > but only with KDE (or XFCE on older hardware). Usually it boiled down to > copy the relevant hidden directory trees (.kde/ or .config) to /etc/skel > before creating new users. > > Would something similar work with GNOME? And if so, what are the > relevant hidden configuration directories to copy over? You could create a new dummy user, customize her desktop as you wish and then look for the dot-g* hidden directories in her home. Directories called .gconf, .gnome, .gnome2, .gnome2_private and such are candidates. Some apps will use .local or .config also. -- Eduardo Grosclaude Universidad Nacional del Comahue Neuquen, Argentina