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I'll add it to the list of reasons why Linux desktops have a long way to go before becoming mainstream. Brings back memories of jwz. https://www.jwz.org/blog/20

by pratio 5y ago

I'll add it to the list of reasons why Linux desktops have a long way to go before becoming mainstream. Brings back memories of jwz. https://www.jwz.org/blog/2016/04/i-would-like-debian-to-stop-shipping-xscreensaver/ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2016/04/i-would-like-debian-to-stop... please be careful clicking this link from HN. He doesn't like the HN crowd very much. I understand the app developers, if you have to support end users because unexpected changes were made not even by the users themselves, it makes writing applications painful. > If you like to tinker with your own system, that’s fine with us. you should be aware that you’re in unsupported territory. Any issues you encounter should be reported to the theme developer, not the app developer.

ruph123 5y ago
Which other mainstream operating systems allow to apply global themes?
- fiddlerwoaroof 5y ago
  Windows, up until at least XP, had deep support for restyling. But this is beside the point: what drew me to Linux in the first place was that it empowered people to remix all the aspects and encouraged people to share these remixes (or “rices” as they’re called on r/unixporn: https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/pfue6h/gnome_2_found_a_screenshot_of_my_ubuntu_desktop/ https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/pfue6h/gnome_2_fo... )
  - lavabiopsy 5y ago
    You can still do that, but hopefully you understand that by doing so, you are in unsupported territory. Also, I would suggest avoiding the use of that term as it comes from a racial slur aimed at Asians: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_burner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_burner
    - fiddlerwoaroof 5y ago
      I didn’t realize that latter part, sorry
      - lavabiopsy 5y ago
        No biggie, I've seen lots of people in car modding communities who use that term casually and don't know where it came from or why an Asian person would find it rude, so I just try to educate people :)

by pratio 5y ago

ruph123 5y ago

Which other mainstream operating systems allow to apply global themes?

fiddlerwoaroof 5y ago
Windows, up until at least XP, had deep support for restyling. But this is beside the point: what drew me to Linux in the first place was that it empowered people to remix all the aspects and encouraged people to share these remixes (or “rices” as they’re called on r/unixporn: https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/pfue6h/gnome_2_found_a_screenshot_of_my_ubuntu_desktop/ https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/pfue6h/gnome_2_fo... )
- lavabiopsy 5y ago
  You can still do that, but hopefully you understand that by doing so, you are in unsupported territory. Also, I would suggest avoiding the use of that term as it comes from a racial slur aimed at Asians: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_burner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_burner
  - fiddlerwoaroof 5y ago
    I didn’t realize that latter part, sorry
    - lavabiopsy 5y ago
      No biggie, I've seen lots of people in car modding communities who use that term casually and don't know where it came from or why an Asian person would find it rude, so I just try to educate people :)