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x11 looks ugly while opening a remote window from ssh. Can I use GTK themes?

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Mar 15, 20265500 views
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I use to connect to a distant computer running linux from my mac using ssh. For example I use: then in order to open a nautilus window. This window do open but it looks ugly. I found here that one can install GTK themes through Macports. I installed and and chose the aurora theme successfully, but …

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$ ssh -Y login@host

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Fix for: x11 looks ugly while opening a remote window from ssh. Can I use GTK themes?

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GTK primarily does client side rendering. What this means for you is that any themes you want to use must be on the remote system (the system running the GTK application). Once you install the theme on the linux box, you can cause GTK applications t…

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