Are Themes Bad for Linux? (Podcast)
Channel: The Linux Cast
Date: 04/01/2021

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.



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[show notes]
**What have we been up to Linux related this Week?**

Martin – Built the Linux kernel to 5.10 LTS - well that was the plan 😢

Matt – I've been recreating my neovim config.
Links (One each)

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

Matt - https://9to5linux.com/deepin-20-1-released-with-improved-performance-enhanced-desktop-environment  (Thoughts on Deepin)
Main Topic -  Theming on Linux is it Good or Bad?

https://blog.system76.com/post/187541504063/the-future-of-theming-on-gnome-and-more-from

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/05/open-letter-stop-gtk-theming-distros

https://linuxhint.com/how_gnome_themes_work/
Apps of the Week

Matt - Scratchpads and tdrop https://github.com/noctuid/tdrop

Martin - Shotwell https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Shotwell