Episode 33: Are Themes Bad for Linux?

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. Contact Info Twitter: @thelinuxcast @mtwb @martintwit2you Subscribe at http://thelinuxcast.org Contact us [email protected] Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/thelinuxcast http://facebook.com/thelinuxcast Subscribe on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCylGUf9BvQooEFjgdNudoQg [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