Package Request - Gradience

[salome]

Hi,
with the implementation of libadwaita, GNOME customization is harder now.
For simple, fast and uniform GNOME ricing, I think Gradience is a must have.
not installing it via AUR, but built in Manjaro’s official GNOME ISO, and so in Manjaro’s official repos

GitHub - GradienceTeam/Gradience: Gradience is a tool for customizing...

[Yochanan]

I’m planning on it with the release of GNOME 43. In the meantime it’s available as a Flatpak.

EDIT: gradience is now in the community repo and pushed to the unstable branch.

[salome]

I usually use chaotic-aur repos for extra stuff

I don’t use GNOME, but I’m watching it with interest, because I think could be good use gnome + a tiling windows manager.
Also, I think GNOME users deserve a decent way for customizing their DE and make a uniform look with all the graphical toolkits (I’m on troubles with qt6 look uniformations)

[Yochanan]

@salome

I think GNOME users deserve a decent way for customizing their DE and make a uniform look with all the graphical toolkits (I’m on troubles with qt6 look uniformations)

Indeed. Until the Libadwaita Recoloring API is implemented (maybe GNOME 44?), Gradience is a nice stopgap until then.

[salome]

@merlock
I’m a big GNOME hater.

But, I’m reevaluating all the thing, now that:

• I’m getting trouble on uniform the look and feel of the various toolkits,qt6 doesn’t support gtk2 by default, and you need qt6gtk2, that is an unofficial qt6 plugin
• I’m exploring tiling wms , and for example it sucks to use i3 without the minimize-maximize-close buttons, so CSD are useful ONLY in combo with a tiling windows manager
• If you use GTK toolkit, GNOME is becoming the only valid alternative, untl someone will fork GTK3 for creating a valid save for all the people that likes classical DEs, like XFCE or MATE. Of course, this will never happens.
  By the way, I consider GTK2 the best toolkit, and I really miss it, it was easy, functional, uncomplicated and easy on resources, very and easily customizable
  So, using GNOME as a base for a tiling wm and an easy way for uniform the look&feel of graphical toolkits could reduce A LOT my headaches
  Of course, of my machine, a modest Intel core 2 Duo Q9650 , I’ cloud have lots of hacks for having things to works smoothly

[Yochanan]

@salome

qt6 doesn’t support gtk2 by default, and you need qt6gtk2, that is an unofficial qt6 plugin

Gtk 2 is EOL. Sorry.

@salome

untl someone will fork GTK3 for creating a valid save for all the people that likes classical DEs

Not going to happen, unfortunately. In fact, just the opposite is happening. Xfce has added CSD support recently to adapt.

@salome

using GNOME as a base for a tiling wm

I use Pop Shell with GNOME, but there is i3-gnome.

[merlock]

@salome

for example it sucks to use i3 without the minimize-maximize-close buttons

I started using i3 in late 2019 (sway since early 2021) and haven’t seen hide (and damn sure don’t miss) those buttons. Frankly, it’s why I even ‘went there’…I hate meeces to pieces!