Gnome isn’t trying to impose a vision. In the bazaar that is the Linux ecosystem, they are bringing another idea to the table. The idea that developers (and th

Gnome isn’t trying to impose a vision. In the bazaar that is the Linux ecosystem, they are bringing another idea to the table. The idea that developers (and therefore users) would benefit from having a reliable and consistent default theme and interface. Gnome is absolutely not opposed to customization and have already confirmed they will add theme colors, etc. Beyond that they are taking a wait and see approach to see additional customizations they can add based on the actual usage out there. What Gnome is trying to do is give developers who are not as interested in supporting a variety of UI configurations, a base setting that they can target. Those developers who do want to provide a more extensive theming system, are absolutely able to do so. In fact, many of the new GTK4 default Gnome 42 apps themselves include additional theming beyond what Gnome 42 and libadwaita support by default.