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Chapter 9. Configuring Desktop with GSettings and dconf
9.1. Terminology Explained: GSettings, gsettings, and dconf
This section defines several terms that are easily confused.
- dconf
dconfis a key-based configuration system which manages user settings. It is the back end forGSettingsused in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.dconfmanages a range of different settings, includingGDM, application, and proxy settings.- dconf
- The
dconfcommand-line utility is used for reading and writing individual values or entire directories from and to adconfdatabase. - GSettings
- GSettings is a high-level API for application settings, front end for
dconf. - gsettings
- The
gsettingscommand-line tool is used to view and change user settings.
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