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Re: The Fall Of OS/2

From	Bozo User <anthk@disroot.org>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: The Fall Of OS/2
Date	2024-10-11 14:49 +0000
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On 2024-10-07, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Oct 2024 09:35:33 -0700, John Ames wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 6 Oct 2024 21:31:41 -0000 (UTC)
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>> Try the customizable ones. You can set them up to work how you like.
>> 
>> Sure can! ...and then run into the issue that none of your applications
>> pull from the same config file as the window manager/file manager, some
>> of them aren't customizable at all ...
>
> The freedesktop.org standards are supposed by all the major GUI desktops. 
> Of course they each have their own theming system and plugins etc.
>
>> ... Qt applications don't look or act like GTK2 applications don't look
>> or act like GTK3 applications, the *one* utility in the repository that
>> does some critical thing you need is still a Godforsaken Motif
>> application...
>
> I never understood why that was such a big deal. I’ve used so many GUIs 
> over the years/decades that switching between different ones is really not 
> an issue. They all pretty much behave the same anyway, so what if the 
> window title bar is a slightly different shape, and the icons have 
> different colours? A computer is for getting work done, I’m not one of 
> those wasting hours trying to make things look pretty.
>
>>> If that still isn’t enough, why not write your own? That’s how all the
>>> existing ones came about.
>> 
>> Absolutely! That's a thing I want to do, instead of any of the things I
>> actually wanted to do!
>> 
>> As the man said: free, as long as your time has no value...
>
> Think about the value of the time of those who wrote the things you are 
> using for free ...a

I my case I use Zukitre and qt5ct with custom tweaks (black as the highlight
colour instead of blue), and everything looks ok even on low red devices.
For GTK4 pests, create and chmod +x /etc/profile.d/gtk.sh

The Tango icon theme has outlines and it's very visible on everything.
There's the Tango2 icon theme which looks a bit worse but far better
than Adwaita.

#/bin/sh
export GTK_THEME=Zukitre
export GTK_ICON_THEME=Tango
#eof

Have fun.

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The Fall Of OS/2 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-06 00:31 +0000
  Re: The Fall Of OS/2 ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2024-10-06 02:47 +0000
    Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-06 03:27 +0000
      Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2024-10-06 06:55 -0400
        Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2024-10-06 15:58 -0700
          Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-06 23:24 +0000
          Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2024-10-07 04:16 +0000
        Re: The Fall Of OS/2 OrangeFish <OrangeFish@invalid.invalid> - 2024-10-07 10:47 -0400
          Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-07 20:37 +0000
            Re: The Fall Of OS/2 OrangeFish <OrangeFish@invalid.invalid> - 2024-10-08 13:08 -0400
              Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2024-10-08 20:25 +0000
                Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2024-10-08 19:45 -0700
    Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2024-10-05 21:03 -0700
  Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2024-10-05 20:57 -0700
    Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-06 13:40 +0000
      Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2024-10-06 14:16 -0700
        Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-06 21:31 +0000
          Re: The Fall Of OS/2 John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2024-10-07 09:35 -0700
            Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-07 20:41 +0000
              Re: The Fall Of OS/2 John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2024-10-07 14:32 -0700
                Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-07 21:44 +0000
                Re: The Fall Of OS/2 John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2024-10-07 15:19 -0700
                Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-08 02:41 +0000
                Re: The Fall Of OS/2 John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2024-10-08 09:59 -0700
                Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-08 23:12 +0000
                Re: The Fall Of OS/2 John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2024-10-14 15:02 -0700
                Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-17 23:25 +0000
              Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Bozo User <anthk@disroot.org> - 2024-10-11 14:49 +0000
    Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2024-10-06 15:58 -0700
      Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-06 23:26 +0000
        Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2024-10-06 18:05 -0700
          Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-07 03:11 +0000
            Re: The Fall Of OS/2 John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2024-10-07 09:09 -0700
              Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2024-10-07 15:52 -0700
                Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-08 02:45 +0000
                Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2024-10-08 19:56 -0700
            Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2024-10-07 15:52 -0700
              Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2024-10-08 20:14 -0700
                Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-09 05:48 +0000
                Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2024-10-10 19:28 -0700
                Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-11 05:42 +0000
  Re: The Fall Of OS/2 jgd@cix.co.uk (John Dallman) - 2024-10-06 10:10 +0100
    Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2024-10-06 07:01 -0400
    Re: The Fall Of OS/2 Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2024-10-06 09:08 -1000
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