destroy home configs??
Hi there
Whenever I install a new distro, the desktop settings of the last installation of another distro take over. This prevents me from seeing the default look & feel of the new distro and things look like a jumbled mess - something of the previous distro, something of the new distro! Even the K menu does not change! I wanna know where these settings are stored so I can delete them everytime I install a new distro. Can anyone tell me where the config files for these things are stored so I can delete them SAFELY (without breaking anything) so that when I do a new install, I don't get any remnants of the last installation/distro. But REMEMBER that I CANNOT afford to format my home partition as there are lots of important stuff there. Thanks |
Try "ls -al | grep kde"
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Many settings are stored in hidden sub-directories in your home directory.
In Linux, the name of hidden files/directories starts with a dot. I.e. the config data for KDE are most likely be stored in .kde The normal list command Code:
ls Code:
ls -a Simply delete the .kde directory and the settings are gone. Note: First, I don't know if you can delete the kde settings while kde is running, i.e. use a terminal while kde is not running. Secondly, even though I am reasonably sure that kde will create a new default settings in .kde, don't delete .kde, but rename it, e.g. to .kde-old. This way you can go back to the old settings if something goes wrong. |
Thanks a lot dear Vimico for your crystal-clear explanation. Thanks to one andoneis2 too!
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