Is there any desktop OS with a dark theme out of the box? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2021, 10:13:14 am
content: For a desktop with one or more big monitors, a dark theme is a must have, this is not a matter of preferences.Though I don't remember any Linux distro with a dark theme by default.Most of them allow customization, but at least for KDE Plasma, this never really works. For example, if I set a dark global theme, then I have to make manual changes in Kate (the default text editor in KDE), or in LibreOffice Calc, or else only the frame of the window respects the global theme, if at all.Sure, I could manually change the background, but then I have to adjust the text coloring to remain clearly visible on the new backround, then the selected/not selected text visibility, and so on. Then again for another coloring in another language. Then it's the Qt4/Qt5/Gtk2/Gtk3 and so on, all defaulting to light themes.Setting the entire OS to use only the dark theme is tedious mess.Is there other easier way to set all programs to dark mode?Is there any OS with all the defaults to a dark mode?

author: Fred27
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 24, 2021, 10:20:04 am
content: Quote from: RoGeorge on November 24, 2021, 10:13:14 amOf course it is. Not everyone wants exactly the same as you.

author: DiTBho
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2021, 10:23:42 am
content: out of the box -> tryPop!_OS(by System76): it's Linux based with a lot of things per-configuredQuote

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2021, 10:44:40 am
content: The problem you're having is different programs use different graphical toolkits, which need to be configured separately. If I remember rightly, it's possible to set Gtk, so it just copies the theme set by Qt, or vice versa. All you need is a distribution, with the KDE desktop (assuming that's what you use, according to the OP) and the Gtk configured to follow Qt.

author: JPortici
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2021, 02:22:43 pm
content: Quote from: RoGeorge on November 24, 2021, 10:13:14 ammacOS since a few versions

author: ataradov
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2021, 06:26:23 pm
content: Ubuntu Mate is dark by default. I don't like dark themes, but I use it in a VM for KiCad v6 experiments, and it seems to be pretty consistent. I see no obvious issue with it.

author: neil555
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2021, 09:52:08 pm
content: Windows 11?

author: coromonadalix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 25, 2021, 02:42:34 am
content: Windows 10 with unattended files / setups / and themes can be installed in dark mode ....yes its a tedious task but it can be done

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 25, 2021, 02:48:21 am
content: Quote from: Fred27 on November 24, 2021, 10:20:04 amWell, Gnome developers tend to think so.

author: ataradov
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 25, 2021, 03:02:15 am
content: Gnome developers are something else, nothing like any other humans out there.

author: Bassman59
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 26, 2021, 11:04:28 pm
content: Quote from: ataradov on November 25, 2021, 03:02:15 amThat's because they're gnomes, not humans.Who didn't havethis bookas a kid?