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Is a backup of the home folder enough?

All that I could find is ~/.config/unity-tweak-tool which only contains debug.log. However, I'm aware that the actual settings that this tool configures are actually elsewhere; are all those config files stored in the home folder aswell?

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There is no real configuration file.

Unity and Compiz are using GConf to store their settings. GConf is a configuration store that provides an API for applications to read and write configuration information and receive notifications when configuration items change. The configuration data is saved under ~/.gconf, but modifications should only be made through the GConf daemon.

You can modify the Unity settings directly using gconf-editor and browsing to /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options. You will notice that Unity responds to changes instantly, the same as CCSM.

If you want a command line tool to modify these settings, use gconftool-2. For example, to reduce the launcher icon size I can do:

gconftool-2 --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/icon_size --type int 32

The GConf file seems as it shouldn't be messed with.

A better alternative would be either a.) resetting that specific page with the button if something goes wrong or b.) taking a screenshot. As far as the sliders, IIRC they should have a tooltip attached, although I'm not positive.

You really shouldn't be worried about corrupting something, but if you do (very unlikely), it shouldn't be that hard to reset Unity.

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