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GConf was a system used by the GNOME desktop environment for storing configuration settings for the desktop and applications. It is similar to the Windows Registry.

Key facts

Software.name
GConf
Software.logo
Gconf-editor logo.png
Software.screenshot
GConf 3.0.1.png
Software.caption
obsolete: GConf editor
Software.developer
Havoc Pennington
Software.discontinued
yes
Software.latest release version
3.2.6
Software.programming language
C
Software.genre
Configuration
Software.license
GNU Lesser General Public License

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GConf was a system used by the GNOME desktop environment for storing configuration settings for the desktop and applications. It is similar to the Windows Registry.

It was deprecated as part of the GNOME 3 transition. Migration to its replacement, GSettings and dconf, is ongoing.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “GConf” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.