Add different configuration of mate as a new desktop environment
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I'm setting up public Ubuntu computers for my school and I'd like to make it so that the user can choose what the mate desktop will look like when logging in, like when choosing which DE to use.
I'd like to set up one where the panel is at the bottom like on Windows, one that looks like mac os and one that I like. Is this possible somehow?
I'd like to preconfigure them and users should be able to choose between the configurations using the login manager as they can with different DEs. Users can of course change their personal configurations, but having a few preconfigured ones would be nice. Forking mate sounds like more effort than it's worth.
desktop-environments mate appearance
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I'm setting up public Ubuntu computers for my school and I'd like to make it so that the user can choose what the mate desktop will look like when logging in, like when choosing which DE to use.
I'd like to set up one where the panel is at the bottom like on Windows, one that looks like mac os and one that I like. Is this possible somehow?
I'd like to preconfigure them and users should be able to choose between the configurations using the login manager as they can with different DEs. Users can of course change their personal configurations, but having a few preconfigured ones would be nice. Forking mate sounds like more effort than it's worth.
desktop-environments mate appearance
edited Feb 18 at 7:01
dessert
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asked Feb 15 at 21:23
UumasUumas
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add a comment |
I'm setting up public Ubuntu computers for my school and I'd like to make it so that the user can choose what the mate desktop will look like when logging in, like when choosing which DE to use.
I'd like to set up one where the panel is at the bottom like on Windows, one that looks like mac os and one that I like. Is this possible somehow?
I'd like to preconfigure them and users should be able to choose between the configurations using the login manager as they can with different DEs. Users can of course change their personal configurations, but having a few preconfigured ones would be nice. Forking mate sounds like more effort than it's worth.
desktop-environments mate appearance
edited Feb 18 at 7:01
dessert
25.7k674108
asked Feb 15 at 21:23
UumasUumas
234
I'm setting up public Ubuntu computers for my school and I'd like to make it so that the user can choose what the mate desktop will look like when logging in, like when choosing which DE to use.
I'd like to set up one where the panel is at the bottom like on Windows, one that looks like mac os and one that I like. Is this possible somehow?
I'd like to preconfigure them and users should be able to choose between the configurations using the login manager as they can with different DEs. Users can of course change their personal configurations, but having a few preconfigured ones would be nice. Forking mate sounds like more effort than it's worth.
desktop-environments mate appearance
desktop-environments mate appearance
edited Feb 18 at 7:01
dessert
25.7k674108
asked Feb 15 at 21:23
UumasUumas
234
edited Feb 18 at 7:01
dessert
25.7k674108
asked Feb 15 at 21:23
UumasUumas
234
edited Feb 18 at 7:01
dessert
25.7k674108
edited Feb 18 at 7:01
dessert
25.7k674108
edited Feb 18 at 7:01
dessert
25.7k674108
25.7k674108
asked Feb 15 at 21:23
UumasUumas
234
asked Feb 15 at 21:23
UumasUumas
234
asked Feb 15 at 21:23
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I do something like this using dconf.
I configure a desktop -- theme, wallpaper, shortcuts, position of panels, content of panels -- apps, widgets, and so on. Then :
dconf dump / > dconf.desktop.1.out
I can then recreate that desktop on another computer or for another user with :
dconf load / < dconf.desktop.1.out
With a simple script you could rig up a menu of options from which your users could select a template and even create desktops of their own.
answered Feb 16 at 0:36
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I do something like this using dconf.
I configure a desktop -- theme, wallpaper, shortcuts, position of panels, content of panels -- apps, widgets, and so on. Then :
dconf dump / > dconf.desktop.1.out
I can then recreate that desktop on another computer or for another user with :
dconf load / < dconf.desktop.1.out
With a simple script you could rig up a menu of options from which your users could select a template and even create desktops of their own.
answered Feb 16 at 0:36
Stephen BostonStephen Boston
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I do something like this using dconf.
I configure a desktop -- theme, wallpaper, shortcuts, position of panels, content of panels -- apps, widgets, and so on. Then :
dconf dump / > dconf.desktop.1.out
I can then recreate that desktop on another computer or for another user with :
dconf load / < dconf.desktop.1.out
With a simple script you could rig up a menu of options from which your users could select a template and even create desktops of their own.
answered Feb 16 at 0:36
Stephen BostonStephen Boston
8712720
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I do something like this using dconf.
I configure a desktop -- theme, wallpaper, shortcuts, position of panels, content of panels -- apps, widgets, and so on. Then :
dconf dump / > dconf.desktop.1.out
I can then recreate that desktop on another computer or for another user with :
dconf load / < dconf.desktop.1.out
With a simple script you could rig up a menu of options from which your users could select a template and even create desktops of their own.
answered Feb 16 at 0:36
Stephen BostonStephen Boston
8712720
I do something like this using dconf.
I configure a desktop -- theme, wallpaper, shortcuts, position of panels, content of panels -- apps, widgets, and so on. Then :
dconf dump / > dconf.desktop.1.out
I can then recreate that desktop on another computer or for another user with :
dconf load / < dconf.desktop.1.out
With a simple script you could rig up a menu of options from which your users could select a template and even create desktops of their own.
answered Feb 16 at 0:36
Stephen BostonStephen Boston
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