<to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > > Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > Wandering a chain of links starting at https://wiki.mate-desktop.org/ > > > leads me to _suspect_ the configuration information I seek is in > > > /home/richard/.config/dconf/user . [...] > Besides, it might be a bad idea to change the file while the desktop > environment is "running". ISTR that the settings are kept by some > daemon and the file is "just" the persistence (daemon writes when > finished and reads at start).
Right, I would definitely not try to edit the dconf/user file. Options for making changes are - MATE Control Center (top-level GUI for MATE configuration) - dconf-editor (GUI; not as user-friendly as Control Center, but gives you direct access to all the settings) - dconf (command-line) mike
