How do I replicate a Cinnamon window manager configuration?

I have a master Linux computer with several Cinnamon window manager options set.

How can I replicate this setting to a new machine?

Solution 1:

You can serialize your dconf-based settings to a text format and just copy that over. If you are just interested in specific users, restore to the destination users home:

# create a human-readable text file with your settings
ssh user@source dconf dump > cinnamon.dconf

# review and delete sections not applicable/appropriate on the other machine(s)
vim cinnamon.dconf

# load the settings on the destination machine
ssh user@destination dconf load < cinnamon.dconf

(but if you need it system-wide, these dumps can be configured in /etc/dconf as system-wide defaults)

Note that the dump contains only settings explicitly defined in that users dconf store, meaning if you copy over to a different version (with different defaults) and have never touched a specific setting, the result may still be different on the target.

Caveat: This will not copy some non-dconf settings that you may also be interested in, e.g. it will only copy the path of the desktop background - not the image file itself.