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> Theming was HUGE in Linux back in 2005-2010, consistency was paramount, adherence to toolkit was extremely important just like Apple claimed. it still is, ju
by jcelerier 6y ago
> Theming was HUGE in Linux back in 2005-2010, consistency was paramount, adherence to toolkit was extremely important just like Apple claimed.
it still is, just look at how neat things in https://reddit.com/r/unixporn/ https://reddit.com/r/unixporn/ look
- ravi-delia 6y agoBut none of that was configured in one place, with every other program taking its lead from that central configuration. Instead, effort must be made to work through every program individually, customizing its color scheme.
- jcelerier 6y ago> But none of that was configured in one place, with every other program taking its lead from that central configuration that's definitely not my experience with KDE, I just have to set a theme on the system settings and 99% of apps take it (e.g. with this theme in my case: https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/b49l7k/kde_sweet_setup/ https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/b49l7k/kde_sweet_...).
- Teknoman117 6y agoFor any apps written using Qt, sure.
- bmn__ 6y agoWould you be surprised to learn the configuration is not for Qt/KDE only? Check packages xsettingsd, kde-gtk-config and qtcurve.
- deckard1 6y agothat's how it has always been. There isn't a system out there that does theming where some apps won't be left out. It's practically impossible. Even dark mode on iOS doesn't work on every app. And then there is Android... which is just unspeakably bad at all things UX.