My personal dotfiles for Linux Mint (Cinnamon). Primarily for my own use — pushed here as a backup and for reference.
This is a snapshot of my home directory configs on Linux Mint with the Cinnamon desktop. It covers the shell, terminal, GTK theming, file manager, panel applets, and a handful of other utilities I use daily.
All files live under home/cat/, mirroring the actual home directory layout:
home/cat/
.config/
applets/ — Cinnamon panel applets
backgrounds/ — Background config
caja/ — Caja file manager settings
colors/ — Color scheme data
completions/ — Shell completions
dock1/launchers/ — Plank dock launcher entries
functions/ — Fish shell functions
images/ — Misc images used by configs
launchers/ — .desktop launcher files
menus/ — Application menu config
nemo/ — Nemo file manager settings
powermenu/ — Power menu config
profiles/ — Terminal profiles
scripts/ — Helper scripts
spices/ — Cinnamon Spices (extensions/themes)
wallpaper/ — Wallpaper config
btop.conf — btop resource monitor config
config.fish — Fish shell config
config.rasi — Rofi theme
kitty.conf — Kitty terminal config
ulauncher.desktop — Ulauncher autostart entry
variety.conf — Variety wallpaper changer config
.icons/ — Icon theme overrides
.themes/ — GTK theme files
.bashrc — Bash config
.dmrc — Display manager session config
.gitconfig — Git user config
.gtkrc-2.0 — GTK2 theme config
.gtkrc-xfce — XFCE GTK overrides
.profile — Login shell profile
.xinputrc — Xinput device config
.zshrc — Zsh config
| Role | Program |
|---|---|
| Distro | Linux Mint (Cinnamon) |
| Shell | Fish / Zsh / Bash |
| Terminal | Kitty |
| File manager | Nemo / Caja |
| Dock | Plank |
| Launcher | Ulauncher / Rofi |
| Wallpapers | Variety |
| System monitor | btop |
This is a personal backup, not a theme installer. Copy what you actually need.
git clone https://github.com/fiveclankers/Mint.git
# Back up first
cp -r ~/.config ~/.config.bak
# Example: copy just the kitty config
cp Mint/home/cat/.config/kitty.conf ~/.config/kitty.confGo through each file manually and apply only what makes sense for your setup. GTK themes and icons go into ~/.themes/ and ~/.icons/ respectively.
.gtkrc-2.0and.gtkrc-xfcecontrol GTK2 appearance — relevant if you use any GTK2 apps.variety.confcontrols Variety's wallpaper rotation settings.- Cinnamon Spices (applets, extensions) under
.config/spices/may need to be installed via the Spices manager before their configs apply. - Fish functions are in
.config/functions/— drop them into~/.config/fish/functions/.
No screenshots yet.
Take what's useful.