Re: KDE Platform Version 4.10.5, config file that can be saved and reused for desktop customizations for other linux user accounts?

Kevin Krammer <[email protected]> Tue, 07 Feb 2017 19:40:41 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.kde.linux
Organization	KDE
Message-ID	<1917460.bTexqpoarW@persephone>

Hi Mark,

On Tuesday, 2017-02-07, 15:05:15, Koski, Mark wrote:
> Hi,
> Wanted to ask if there is a way with platform version 4.10.5 of KDE in a
> Slackware 14.1 Linux distro to setup a desktop configuration and then save
> those settings and re-use for different linux user accounts?
> 
> Please advise and share if done and what files would need to be saved/setup.

This is indeed possible.

KDE Software uses a configuration system that allows settings to be placed in 
multiple different locations, a bit like executable search paths in $PATH.

Whether a user local configuration file for an application can be copied to more 
global location verbatim or needs modification depends a bit on the type of 
settings.
E.g. paths might need to be edited to contain wildcards so that they are 
correct for the respective user.

See https://userbase.kde.org/KDE_System_Administration/Kiosk/Introduction for 
that and some other options this offers.

Cheers,
Kevin
-- 
Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer
KDE user support, developer mentoring

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