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The Joy of Linux Theming in the Age of Bootable Containers

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193 points dopple | 3 comments | 20 Apr 25 13:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.621s | source
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OsrsNeedsf2P ◴[20 Apr 25 16:32 UTC] No.43744799[source]▶
Sometimes I wonder why there isn't more enthusiasm around theming. Chicago95[0] is popular, but I also love how Garuda[0] themes KDE. There's some small websites for downloading themes on various DEs, but most of them are a bit jank and it seems built-in support beyond basic things like accents aren't there.

[0] https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95 [1] https://garudalinux.org/editions (screenshots don't do it justice)

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1. amarant ◴[20 Apr 25 16:47 UTC] No.43744896[source]▶
I used to really enjoy theming and Riceing, but then I realised it was pointless: my monitor always looks the same, with a full screen IDE window covering up all my fancy themes
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2. keyringlight ◴[20 Apr 25 18:21 UTC] No.43745478[source]▶
I think that speaks to another aspect, individual apps taking full control over how they're presented instead of inheriting whatever framework the DE is providing or the cohabitation of various KDE/QT/GTK/X/other, or electron framework defaults. Over on windows even when uxtheme skinning was in full swing it was the start of applications doing it themselves (winamp and quicktime come to mind), but I have the impression developers doing so made sure the extra effort had a payoff.
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3. robinsonb5 ◴[21 Apr 25 09:45 UTC] No.43750042[source]▶
I remember back in the day the apps most likely to have completely custom UIs tended to be scanner drivers. I'm not sure why!