Desktop Init

Restoring your desktop

Verify these commands work:

command -v dconf
command -v gnome-extensions

Restoring on a New Machine

1. install tesseract-ocr package

sudo apt install tesseract-ocr

2. Just run these

git clone https://github.com/ndev-hoster/desktop-init.git
cd desktop-init
chmod +x restore.sh
./restore.sh

The script will:

• Copy themes and icons into your home directory
• Restore GNOME extensions
• Load GNOME settings via dconf
• Re-enable extensions
• Restart GNOME Shell

If anything looks off, log out and back in.

Updating the baseline

Backing Up Current Setup

From the root of this repository:

chmod +x backup.sh
./backup.sh

This will:

• Export GNOME settings to settings.dconf
• Save enabled extensions list
• Copy user-installed extensions
• Copy user themes and icons

Then commit and push:

git add .
git commit -m "Update desktop snapshot"
git push

Notes

• This is a baseline configuration. Machine-specific extensions or tweaks can be added afterward.

• Extensions are GNOME-version dependent. If restoring to a significantly newer GNOME version, some extensions may fail to load.

• This repository only handles user-level configuration. System-wide themes or extensions installed via package manager are not managed here.