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Just use xfce 4.12 with QT apps, where QT is configured to use the gtk theme. That's basically it. If you want a QT supporting WM, then use lxqt, I guess. But I'd probably use kde before settling on that. I'm not sure if the latest xfce is gonna work that well ever again on theming across the board than what was possible a few years back. The article kind of hints of this. So yeah, I am using xfce with more and more QT apps if I can, because the gtk3 variants look/work so terrible.
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
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This might be of interest to some Xfce users.
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Alexxcon's Software Development Blog
Apr 23,2024 Xfce is moving from IRC to Matrix
After a 6-month trial period, as of April 1, 2024, Xfce moved its official communication channels from IRC to Matrix.
The old IRC channels will remain open, so you can still hang out there. However, the 'official' channels linked in the Xfce Wiki now will be the Matrix channels.
This change affects the following channels:
#xfce on libera.chat --> #xfce:matrix.org -- general user support and discussion
#xfce-dev on libera.chat --> #xfce-dev:matrix.org -- development discussion
#xfce-commits on libera.chat --> #xfce-commits:matrix.org -- notable GitLab activity
I have never stopped missing XFCE 3.x with tear off menus. The GTK devs did not just start making XFCE worse recently they have been at it for over 20 years!
the3dfxdude
Just use xfce 4.12 with QT apps, where QT is configured to use the gtk theme. That's basically it. If you want a QT supporting WM, then use lxqt, I guess. But I'd probably use kde before settling on that. I'm not sure if the latest xfce is gonna work that well ever again on theming across the board than what was possible a few years back. The article kind of hints of this. So yeah, I am using xfce with more and more QT apps if I can, because the gtk3 variants look/work so terrible.
If Nodejs is necessary to compile QT6 then I would stay with QT5 applications (Without QTwebkit of course )
BTW, I have high respect for the XFCE team. They do produce a good DE, even in the latest release. It's following gtk3+ as they are based on it, and by extension, gnome, that is causing all this trouble. It would really be nice if all talented people got together and started rolling their own support like the old days, without any corporate influences.
Removing GTK+2 would be ludicrous. I mean, we still have GTK+1, so I'm not sure where anyone got the notion that GTK+2 was on the way out.
And as far as python2 goes -- if it stinks too badly for anyone, they know where removepkg is. I'm unlikely to remove it in the foreseeable future (which covers the next decade or so).
Removing GTK+2 would be ludicrous. I mean, we still have GTK+1, so I'm not sure where anyone got the notion that GTK+2 was on the way out.
And as far as python2 goes -- if it stinks too badly for anyone, they know where removepkg is. I'm unlikely to remove it in the foreseeable future (which covers the next decade or so).
First reliable cloning come I'm ordering a dozen of You, Sir
volkerdi
Slackware Maintainer
Removing GTK+2 would be ludicrous. I mean, we still have GTK+1, so I'm not sure where anyone got the notion that GTK+2 was on the way out.
system/lxinput: Switch to gtk+3 by default.
system/lxrandr: Switch to gtk+3 by default.
system/lxsession: Switch to gtk+3 by default.
system/lxtask: Switch to gtk+3 by default.
system/lxterminal: Switch to gtk+3 by default.
Gimp3 will soon be there and nobody know if Glib2 will clean the code...
Last edited by bigbadaboum; 05-10-2024 at 08:00 AM.
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