Horrible GTK3 / GNOME UI design is leaking into Ubuntu Mate applications in 20.04

Norbert_X · 4 June 2020 19:15

Thanks for reminding, I have really forgot about doing this .
So I have just updated it to support Ubuntu MATE 20.04 LTS

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/N0rbert/2141ad87fcb91f67cad438293ec46986#file-build-gtk3-patches-focal-sh

Dockerfile

# Optional Dockerfile for compilation of gtk3-mushrooms on Ubuntu.
# Change codename to necessary version (this file is for 20.04 LTS *focal*)
#

FROM ubuntu:focal

ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive

RUN echo "deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main multiverse multiverse restricted" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
RUN echo "deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates main multiverse multiverse restricted" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

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build-gtk3-patches-bionic.sh

#!/bin/bash -xe
#
# This script is based on gist https://gist.github.com/lah7/a4dec89e61ee2875406731b3cd0ae90d 
# by lah7. Further adoption made by Norbert.
#
# Experimental commands I used to compile gtk3-mushrooms on Ubuntu MATE 18.04 LTS.
# gtk3-mushroom patches some of GTK3's quirks.
#
# gtk3-mushrooms: https://github.com/krumelmonster/gtk3-mushrooms
#

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build-gtk3-patches-disco.sh

#!/bin/bash -xe
#
# This script is based on gist https://gist.github.com/lah7/a4dec89e61ee2875406731b3cd0ae90d 
# by lah7. Further adoption made by Norbert.
#
# Experimental commands I used to compile gtk3-mushrooms on Ubuntu MATE 19.04.
# gtk3-mushroom patches some of GTK3's quirks.
#
# gtk3-mushrooms: https://github.com/krumelmonster/gtk3-mushrooms
#

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What is really great is that screenshots of GNOME DIsks and Deja Dup now looks good, they do not have transparent rectangles around them:

before (default)

before789×491 107 KB
after (with gtk3-mushrooms patches)

after739×440 36.3 KB

@vkareh this is what we have discussed about before.

GtkFileChooser looks good too:

Patches do not fix simple-scan hamburger menu

Installing gtk3-nocsd instead of gtk3-mushrooms force windows to be more ugly than ever:

I have tried to search for gtk3-mushrooms package in PPAs with no luck. So they are presented only in AUR and marked Flagged out-of-date (2020-05-20)".

All these problems is a kind of answer why I'm still using Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS which is now EOL. But its look and feel is more consistent.