actually this #kvantum theme is quite nice to mimik adwaita for qt apps... a bit outdated, but maybe a good base to fork...

https://github.com/GabePoel/KvLibadwaita

Flatpak & GNU Stow problems (solved)

Could someone tell me how to let #Flatpak follow symlinks? I have #dotfiles managed by #stow and Flatpak apps can't see the #Kvantum config.

So, I've got symlinks in xdg-config and I'd like for Flatpak to follow them to the folder where the configurations actually reside in (~/.config/home-dir). Search results have been unhelpful.

For example, if I do ls in ~/.config/Kvantum it shows this:
kvantum.kvconfig -> ../../.config/home-dir/.config/Kvantum/kvantum.kvconfig

And even if I give Flatpak apps access to xdg-config/home-dir:ro and xdg-config/Kvantum:ro they won't use the config.

SOLUTION: I switched to Tuckr for dotfiles management, which let me symlink the whole Kvantum directory instead of the individual files. This somehow allowed Flatpak to access the themes.

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The more I use #debian #trixie, the more I miss #debian #bookworm

#bookworm was more stable as there are some known bugs in various #xfce components, leading to segfaults in things like #thunar

But also the fact that the way to keep #qt and #gtk apps looking similar worked so much better in #bookworm

The same code compiled on #trixie leads to issues with libraries or so files, and some applications just ignore settings via the likes of #qt5ct or #qt6ct

I accept that I run a slightly more complex setup than a default install, as I've a few applications that are now no longer present in #trixie, plus some that were not in #bookworm either.
But in any case, it just feels that the mixed #qt5 and #qt6 setup, plus changes to styles and #kvantum, leads to more problems in the latest stable release than in the previous stable release.

Of course things move on, but it's frustrating.

For now, docker containers & #distrobox for 4 key apps allows them to run and be correctly themed.

I'm getting a little frustrated with #debian 13 #trixie

It is not the fault of the #debian team, but there are a few packages I used in #bookworm that are not in #trixie

Additionally, the transition from #qt5 to #qt6 makes it slightly more challenging to maintain consistent settings between #qt and #gtk apps, as some package changes have occurred.

I get that #qt5ct and #qt6ct are a bit of a fudge, but they sort of worked okay with the appropriate style plugins installed.
However, the world has moved on, and some of these no longer work or are available in #trixie, plus there's more stuff moving to using #kvantum as the underlying manager for this sort of stuff.

I am grateful that #debian exists and does so much for #foss in general. It's just a little frustrating that the change from #bookworm to #trixie, at least using #xfce, is a little more challenging than perhaps I would like.

I'm having to resort to #distrobox for a couple of apps via #docker images, at least for now.