GTK Theme Upgrade Disaster

"Phew, I FINALLY fixed my theme after gtk3.18 fucked everything up! time to upgrade my system..." File Edit Help Page 1 Page 2 Demo Radio Button Check Button 0 − + button 60 % sudo apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: gir1.2-? ... The following packages have been kept back: libatk-bridge2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libgtk-3-bin libgtk-3-common The following packages will be upgraded: ... Need to get 125 MB of archives. "Looks good to me!" WAIT, NO! libgtk-3-0 libgtk-3-bin File Edit Help Back Forward Up Home Location: Page 1 Page 2 Demo Radio Button Check Button 0 − + button 60 % PARP! "FUCK, NOT AGAIN" ITS MORE MODERN THE SPACING MAKES IT LESS CLUTTERED It's probably related to your GTK theme. Did you try to reinstall/upgrade your themes, switch to Arc, Adwaita, or another gtk 3.20 supported theme. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? JUST CHANGE YOUR THEME OR THEME COLOR The gtk-3.20 The easy fix is to switch to a theme compatible with gtk 3.20. Change your theme to Adwaita. [Solved] WORKS FOR ME

A user celebrates finally fixing a broken GTK theme after an earlier GTK update, then upgrades the system and discovers that the new GTK packages break the interface again. The joke is the escalating cycle of fixing a Linux desktop theme only for another upgrade to ruin it, ending with a sarcastic fart sound and an unhelpful “solved” suggestion. EN: A user celebrates finally fixing a broken GTK theme after an earlier GTK update, then upgrades the system and discovers that the new GTK packages break the interface again. The joke is the escalating cycle of fixing a Linux desktop theme only for another upgrade to ruin it, ending with a sarcastic fart sound and an unhelpful “solved” suggestion.

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