On Sat, 23 Apr 2022 17:14:55 +0100 Peterpeter.northerly@gmail.com allegedly wrote:
Everything seems fine, with one exception. The old machine is on Debian Mate. All the files seem to have moved fine. But desktop layout is a different matter. The user has an enormous desktop file on a quite large screen with every inch covered with folders, in a familiar order and positioning. Unfortunately the layout of the desktop doesn't seem to survive the transition, its alpha order.
Where is the layout of the desktop file kept? And is there a way to keep its layout while doing the transfer?
MATE stores all its settings (including desktop and panels layout) in a dconf database. You need to dump the contents of that database to a text file (which you can then inspect) and then restore from that.
Thusly:
dconf dump > file
followed by
dconf load / < file
For the MATE settings alone you may need to specify the path like this:
dconf dump /org/mate/ > mate-dump-file
then
dconf load /org/mate/ < mate-dump-file
If you need further details, do a search for "backup and restore MATE desktop"
HTH
Mick
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