I have been looking into the focus stealing prevention mechanism in GNOME Shell/Mutter. Now i gonna use it in strict mode (instead of smart) and see how many more "<Application> is ready" notifications i get.
In really really simple terms, this means that the app starting the new app didn't hand over focus to the new application and therefore the focus stealing prevention mechanism kicks in. Unfortunately it's not that simple to implement it.
»Since we're talking about icon theming, I recently stumbled upon this gitlab issue. Apparently they now want to remove icon theming support in #GTK 5. The way the GTK devs started the description really infuriated me: "i. themes are no longer a thing". Really? Who said that? Since when "i. themes are no longer a thing" became a consensus in the Linux desktop space? It seems like you just made up this claim and posted it as undeniable truth for you own comfort.«
@frumble you are misreading this on several levels. GNOME is breaking icon theming not for other desktops, but for it's own desktop. This only happens when you use GNOME with adwaita as the main theme.
This thing has been changed for at least 2 years now. And someone noticed only now, which should give you an idea of the size of the problem.
@frumble The fact that KDE app devs have stuck with this for so long is admirable but also frankly unnecessary. When you have a specific UX concept in mind, leaving it to the icon theme to decide what to show can lead to the wrong symbol or metaphor being shown, degrading the UX.
@frumble And it is true, icon themes have been a major sticking point for app developers for a very long time. You never know what icons you're going to find, and how they are going to look on other distros.
I remember having this issue all the way back in 2013 when moving a simple app across distros meant the whole UI was broken due to missing/renamed icons. This makes it impossible for developers to offer a cohesive experience, so devs just give up and vendors their own icons.
Two days before #Ubuntu 24.04 LTS releases, and the upgrade process seems quite badly broken. If you're an adventurous person, I'd wait for quite some time before upgrading...
Edit: With some brutal hardcore apt and dpkg, I fixed it.
I think the closest I'll personally get to a near-religious experience is going to a great concert. I just watched Altin Gün live and I feel like I was transported to a magical place for an hour or two and then placed back to earth. My heart is full of joy. What an incredible thing live music can be!