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Terminal commands. Change Cinnamon theme from terminal. Disable cursor blink from terminal. Disabling recent files history from terminal. Setup proxy file with command.
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.privacy remember-recent-files false
gsettings set org.cinnamon.theme name "Mint-Y-Dark"
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.interface gtk-theme "Mint-Y-Dark"
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.wm.preferences theme "Mint-Y-Dark"
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.interface cursor-blink false
gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy autoconfig-url "http://mediahint.com/default.pac"
gsettings set org.gnome.system.proxy mode auto
gsettings set org.cinnamon enabled-applets "['panel1:left:0:menu@cinnamon.org:0', 'panel1:left:2:panel-launchers@cinnamon.org:2', 'panel1:left:3:window-list@cinnamon.org:3', 'panel1:right:0:notifications@cinnamon.org:4', 'panel1:right:1:user@cinnamon.org:5', 'panel1:right:2:removable-drives@cinnamon.org:6', 'panel1:right:3:keyboard@cinnamon.org:7', 'panel1:right:11:show-desktop@cinnamon.org:1', 'panel1:right:5:network@cinnamon.org:9', 'panel1:right:6:sound@cinnamon.org:10', 'panel1:right:7:power@cinnamon.org:11', 'panel1:right:8:systray@cinnamon.org:12', 'panel1:right:9:calendar@cinnamon.org:13']"
gsettings set org.cinnamon.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-display-ac 0
gsettings set org.cinnamon.settings-daemon.plugins.power sleep-display-battery 0
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/cinnamon/desktop/keybindings/custom-keybindings/custom0/ binding "['<Primary><Shift>KP_Add']"
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/cinnamon/desktop/keybindings/custom-keybindings/custom0/ command 'sudo python3 /home/mint/.brightness.py +'
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/cinnamon/desktop/keybindings/custom-keybindings/custom0/ name 'Brightness UP'
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/cinnamon/desktop/keybindings/custom-keybindings/custom1/ binding "['<Primary><Shift>KP_Subtract']"
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/cinnamon/desktop/keybindings/custom-keybindings/custom1/ command 'sudo python3 /home/mint/.brightness.py -'
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings.custom-keybinding:/org/cinnamon/desktop/keybindings/custom-keybindings/custom1/ name 'Brightness Down'
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.keybindings custom-list "['custom0','custom1']"
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boussou commented Dec 27, 2019

There is one thing missing

Change Icon-Theme:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-theme 'MyIconTheme'

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awsms commented Jun 22, 2020

thx a lot for this

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Thank you very much

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kskollepara commented Mar 29, 2022

Inspired by this post, I put some commands in a script. But when I run it, not everything turns to light mode. All application windows (e.g. Caja) are still in dark mode. If you have any idea what I am missing, please comment.

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Yaru-light'
flatpak override --user --env=GTK_THEME='Yaru-light'
gsettings set org.cinnamon.theme name 'Mint-Y'
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.interface gtk-theme "Mint-Y"
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.wm.preferences theme "Mint-Y"
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.interface icon-theme 'Mint-Y'

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