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Is there a way to back up, in its entirety, the KDE Desktop settings?
Or, are there only certain aspects of KDE that one can backup?

For example, I'm running a Linux distribution with KDE. Then I get another computer using Linux and KDE. Is there a way to transfer all settings such as:
- wallpaper
- the Main panel
- extra panels
- programs on panels (applets)
- Kontact
- screensaver settings and my default screensaver.

I tried looking for a basic web site that just answered those simple backup questions. I even checked the KDE website but was unable to find anything. At http://www.kde.org/, I did a search for backup settings.

Have a safe and happy New Year's!

~Brian

Kbackup allows you to choose what to backup and what to restore. Check it out here: http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Syste...up-16846.shtml.

Disappointing -- from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/kbackup: but make up your own mind:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=44998
http://kbackup.sourceforge.net/
http://kbackup.sourceforge.net/manual/index.html


I think the quick answer is that your custom settings are in ~/.kde/share & you can back that up any way you want. One would hope that it would be then easy to copy these settings to a fresh install. If both computers in mentioned your OP are running the same ver. of KDE, then I believe this would would work.

If, OTOH, you want to transfer your carefully customized desktop including panels from, say, KDE 3.3.2 to 3.5.3, then I believe you may run afoul of changes in KDE's configuration structure.

I think what you are looking for is a KDE-configuration specific application that can intelligently transfer settings between different versions. AFAIK this does not exist & I would love to be wrong about this.

Thanks for your help and those links!

~Brian