Debian Broken QT Theme

1. Open terminal and type the following sudo apt install qgnomeplatform-qt5 2. Edit /etc/environment and paste the following: sudo vim /etc/environment # fix for broken QT themes QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb 3. Log out of the session or restart the machine. sudo reboot Recommended Guides: Debian Post Install Debian Apps Debian Firewall Debian Better Fonts

26 November 2025 · 1 min · Eloy Melo

Extensions

My recommended extensions for GNOME 48+: App Indicator Blur My Shell Caffeine Dash to Dock GNOME 4x UI Improvements Impatience GSConnect Just Perfection Notification Timeout QS Tweak Quick Setting Tweaker Tiling Assistant Unblank Lock Screen

25 November 2025 · 1 min · Eloy Melo

QT Broken Theme

First install the adw-gtk3 package. Fedora dnf install adw-gtk3-theme Arch pacman -S adw-gtk-theme Debian 3rd party repo Then open your terminal and make the following changes to the environment file. sudo nano /etc/environment QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=adw-gtk3-theme Optional GSK_RENDERER=ngl FREETYPE_PROPERTIES=“cff:no-stem-darkening=0 autofitter:no-stem-darkening=0”

25 November 2025 · 1 min · Eloy Melo

Settings

Just a couple of adjustments that I usually make whenever I use GNOME as my default DE Changing the timeout of the “App is not responding” popup. The default time is set to 5 seconds. In order to change it to a higher value or to remove it, follow these steps. Open the terminal and paste these values: To 60 seconds: gsettings set org.gnome.mutter check-alive-timeout 60000 To completely disable it: ...

25 November 2025 · 1 min · Eloy Melo