Version 0.3.1 of xfce4-notifyd has added a hidden option named "do-fadeout". That means that this ugly hack isn't required any longer. To disable the fading all you have to do is change the value to "false" using xconf-query:
xfconf-query -c xfce4-notifyd -p /do-fadeout -n -t bool -s false …
It's been 10 years since this article was published. GTK has progressed, but the themes below haven't kept up. I am currently "stuck" with Adwaita. It supports GTK4 (libadwaita), but doesn't look exactly the same. It also has a proper Qt5/6 style. There are solutions like qt6gtk2, but …
read moreThe ugly transition between LigthDM, or more specifically its GTK greeter, and Openbox is kind of annoying. A gray background pops up shortly before the desktop wallpaper gets drawn (assuming you use a wallpaper).
The ugly transition in action:
Digging around, I found out that Openbox actually runs x/e …
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