Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Back up Your Gnome Desktop and all Settings in Gnome
Back up Your Gnome Desktop and all Settings in Gnome
Neat little tool. Yourgnome allow users to backup all things relative to Gnome on your Linux Machine. Packs everything into a tar.gz into your Home folder. Also includes the tools to extract the tar.gz file so you can restore your Gnome Desktop to a your previous saved state. Ive used it and it works. I used the non GUI version when it first came out. Easy to use. Kudos to Abu Yusuf for taking the time to make it. There are 2 versions. A non GUI version that just runs in terminal. And a 2nd edition that is a GUI Version for people that just want to point and click. These are just some of the things Yourgnome will back up.
1- all your themes.
2- background you use settings.
4- gnome-panel settings.
5- bluetooth-manager settings.
6- evolution settings.
7- file-roller settings.
8- gnome-screensaver settings.
9- gnome-session settings.
10- gnome-terminal settings.
11- gnome-volume-control settings.
12- metacity & compiz settings.
13- update-manager & notifier settings.
14- totem settings.
15- network configuration set by Gnome.
16- screenlets
Before you start wondering if this works for KDE or XFCE. Sorry it is for a Gnome Desktop Backup only. Here is a example of the non GUI version when I ran it in Terminal. First I made a folder on my Desktop called "gbackup". Then I cd to my Desktop by typing into terminal. "cd Desktop" (without the quote marks please.)Then after my terminal looks like it does below. I just continue with the below steps.
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harry@harry-desktop:~$ cd gbackup
harry@harry-desktop:~/gbackup$ sh yourgnome.sh
yourgnome Version 1 , yourgnome - Google Code
this tool used to backup your Gnome in one tar.gz file !
Also, it restores that backup for you when you want !
1] Backup.
2] Restore.
->> 1 or 2 ?: 1
yourgnome Version 1 , yourgnome - Google Code
this tool used to backup your Gnome in one tar.gz file !
Also, it restores that backup for you when you want !
->> Gnome will be backed up for the user: harry
->> type the path in which you want to save the backup, then press Enter ..
->> e.g. /home/harry/Desktop
->> Path: /home/harry/gbackup
yourgnome Version 1 , yourgnome - Google Code
this tool used to backup your Gnome in one tar.gz file !
Also, it restores that backup for you when you want !
**-->> 0] Creating temporary folder ..
**-->> Done !
**-->> 1] Creating backup of: Gnome Themes ..
**-->> Done !
**-->> 2] Creating backup of: Gnome Background Image ..
**-->> Done !
**-->> 3] Creating backup of: Gnome Configuration Records ..
**-->> Done !
**-->> 4] Creating Info Files ..
**-->> Done !
**-->> 5] Creating Final File ..
Q: What name you want for the final backup file ?
e.g. MyBackUp
filename: mybackup
**-->> Done !
**-->> 6] Removing temporary folder ..
**-->> Done !
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If you want to use NON GUI VERSION of YourGnome. It can be downloaded from here
How to use NON GUI Version of Yourgnome . I saved the instructions since they are no longer available at the authors site. I will post them Below::
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HowTo
How to use yourgnome.
Introduction
How to use "yourgnome" ?
1- you dont need to install anything !, its just a bash script.
2- go to your terminal, type sh yourgnome.sh
3- choose:
1 -> Backup your gnome
2 -> Restore a backup
4- follow the on-screen instructions, its easy !
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Ok now for the GUI Link. For Yourgnome 2 It can be found Here
Instructions for Installing and Using and Documentation are on the same page .
Like I said. Ive used it. And if you need any more info. You can refer to this Thread . Hope you enjoy using it. It has saved me a lot of hassles.
Available link for download
