Are Themes Bad for Linux?

The Linux Cast

Episode | Podcast

Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2021 00:14:42 GMT

<p>On this episode, the boys kick of the new year talking a bit about Martin's new Linux Kernel, Matt's experience with Deepin and Gnome's aversion to GTK themes.</p> <p><br /> Contact Info</p> <p>Twitter:</p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/thelinuxcast" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thelinuxcast</a></p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/mtwb" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mtwb</a></p> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/martintwit2you" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@martintwit2you</a></p> <p>Subscribe at <a href="http://thelinuxcast.org/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://thelinuxcast.org</a></p> <p>Contact us <a href="mailto:thelinuxcast@gmail.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thelinuxcast@gmail.com</a></p> <p>Support us on Patreon: <a href="http://patreon.com/thelinuxcast" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://patreon.com/thelinuxcast</a></p> <p><a href="http://facebook.com/thelinuxcast" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://facebook.com/thelinuxcast</a></p> <p>Subscribe on YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCylGUf9BvQooEFjgdNudoQg" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCylGUf9BvQooEFjgdNudoQg</a></p> <p><br /></p> <p>[show notes]</p> <h3>**What have we been up to Linux related this Week?**</h3> <p>Martin – Built the Linux kernel to 5.10 LTS - well that was the plan 😢</p> <p>Matt – I've been recreating my neovim config.</p> <h3><strong>Links (One each)</strong></h3> <p>Martin - KDE Will Make Plasma Wayland Ready for the Masses in 2021 https://9to5linux.com/kde-will-make-plasma-wayland-session-ready-for-the-masses-in-2021-improved-fingerprint-support</p> <p>Matt - <a href="https://9to5linux.com/deepin-20-1-released-with-improved-performance-enhanced-desktop-environment">https://9to5linux.com/deepin-20-1-released-with-improved-performance-enhanced-desktop-environment</a> &nbsp;(Thoughts on Deepin)</p> <h3><strong>Main Topic - &nbsp;Theming on Linux is it Good or Bad?</strong></h3> <p><a href="https://blog.system76.com/post/187541504063/the-future-of-theming-on-gnome-and-more-from">https://blog.system76.com/post/187541504063/the-future-of-theming-on-gnome-and-more-from</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/05/open-letter-stop-gtk-theming-distros">https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/05/open-letter-stop-gtk-theming-distros</a></p> <p><a href="https://linuxhint.com/how_gnome_themes_work/">https://linuxhint.com/how_gnome_themes_work/</a></p> <h3><strong>Apps of the Week</strong></h3> <p>Matt - Scratchpads and tdrop https://github.com/noctuid/tdrop</p> <p>Martin - Shotwell <a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Shotwell">https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Shotwell</a></p>