[zboraon]

Dear all,
I was using cinnamon desktop on Mint. However I decided to try Linux Lite, but did not wipe out the home directory. After I install Lite, all the shiny desktop is gone and left my desktop to the standard xfce desktop. It must be because of some conf files.
Do you have any suggestion that how can I revert the settings to the polished beautiful Lite desktop without wiping out the home folder?
Thanks in advance,
Bora

[LL-user]

Hi zboraon,

Welcome to Linux Lite and especially to the Forum! :)

What desktop are you referring to with "shiny desktop"?
The Linux Lite one, which is based on the Xfce Desktop Environment, or the Linux Mint one, which is in this case their own developed Cinnamon Desktop? By installing Linux Lite you're by default changing your desktop environment!

Hope that helps for a start :)

[zboraon]

Thanks for your early reply.
Linux Mint 18 was installed into my computer, but I got bored and wanted to changed. While installing Lite, didn't format the home partition. I only formatted the root. However at the end I have the default xfce look with the mouse as a wallpaper etc. (like this: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-61rbcBV_QXk/T6...1600/3.png). But I was expecting to have the default Lite layout.

I think there exist some conflicts from the home file which gives me the classical xfce look. And I don't know how to get the Lite look (like that: http://www.lffl.org/wp-content/uploads/2...te-3-3.jpg).
Thanks in advance
Bora

[LL-user]

Hi Bora,

For a start, there are different ways people go about moving from one desktop environment to another. So I'm sure others will chirp in to offer other solutions which gives you a choice :)

As I prefer a system as clean as possible I would start with a clean, new home directory - renaming the old one before installation in case I want to keep my user name. Then I would selectively only copy over from the old to the new home directory what I really want and need.

But that's only me :)

If you would like to try this (there is nothing lost as you still have your old home directory, hopefully also as a backup on a different disk!) the steps depend on whether you're comfortable to use the terminal or want to solve as much as possible via a GUI.

[zboraon]

Made a clean install, thank you

[LL-user]

You're welcome :)

And there is no harm in trying to use certain old config files on an app to app basis. You can always just delete it again and start that specific app configuration from scratch. For example I usually copy over my heavily configured Firefox profile.