[xubuntu-users] Config File for XFCE

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:48:18 -0500, Rog wrote:
> When doing a fresh install of Xubuntu, I want to be able to copy
> settings for the desktop, panels, etc., to the new install. Is this
> possible?
> 
> Where do the settings for XFCE get stored, including for "panels?"

An outdated Ubuntu Studio Quantal install, based on Xubuntu:

[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ ls
-hAl /mnt/q/home/rocketmouse/.config/xfce4* /mnt/q/home/rocketmouse/.config/xfce4:
total 24K
drwx------ 2 rocketmouse rocketmouse 4.0K Mar 22  2013 desktop
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse   92 Mar 19  2013 helpers.rc
drwxrwxr-x 6 rocketmouse rocketmouse 4.0K Oct 31  2012 panel
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse  116 Dec 17  2012
xfce4-screenshooter drwxrwxr-x 3 rocketmouse rocketmouse 4.0K Oct 13
2012 xfconf drwx------ 2 rocketmouse rocketmouse 4.0K Oct 13  2012 xfwm4

/mnt/q/home/rocketmouse/.config/xfce4-dict:
total 4.0K
-rw-rw-r-- 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse 387 Oct 30  2012 xfce4-dict.rc

/mnt/q/home/rocketmouse/.config/xfce4-session:
total 0

[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ ls
-hAl /mnt/q/home/rocketmouse/.local/share/xfce4*
total 4.0K
drwx------ 2 rocketmouse rocketmouse 4.0K Oct 31  2012 helpers


My current Xfce4 from Arch Linux:

[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ ls -hAl .config/xfce4*
.config/xfce4:
total 36K
drwx------ 2 rocketmouse rocketmouse 4.0K Feb 22  2014 desktop
-rw-r--r-- 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse   51 Oct  5 10:56 helpers.rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse   19 Jan 25 05:28 help.rc
drwxr-xr-x 7 rocketmouse rocketmouse 4.0K Dec  3 10:16 panel
drwxr-xr-x 3 rocketmouse rocketmouse 4.0K Jul 26  2013 src
drwx------ 2 rocketmouse rocketmouse 4.0K Jan 25 04:49 terminal
-rw-r--r-- 1 rocketmouse rocketmouse  108 Sep 14 15:09
xfce4-screenshooter
drwxr-xr-x 3 rocketmouse rocketmouse 4.0K Feb 19  2013 xfconf
drwx------ 2 rocketmouse rocketmouse 4.0K Feb 19  2013 xfwm4

.config/xfce4-session:
total 0

[rocketmouse at archlinux ~]$ ls -hAl .local/share/xfce4*
total 8.0K
drwx------ 2 rocketmouse rocketmouse 4.0K Sep 26  2013 helpers
drwx------ 2 rocketmouse rocketmouse 4.0K Jul 12  2014 parole

I guess you need to search a little bit in $HOME.