Policy change: graphical apps now prefer Flatpak > pacman > AUR. Non-graphical
tools keep pacman > AUR > source. This makes installed apps sandboxed, keeps
system packages clean, and gives us a single hook point (apply_flatpak_theme)
to theme every GUI app consistently.
lib/logging.sh — two new helper functions sourced by every module:
ensure_flatpak()
Checks if flatpak is installed (pacman installs it if not) and ensures the
Flathub remote is registered. Called at the top of every Flatpak script so
the module is self-contained and safe to run in any order.
apply_flatpak_theme(app_id)
Copies gtk-themes/cyberqueer/ from the Dotfiles repo into ~/.themes/, then
calls `flatpak override --user --filesystem=~/.themes:ro <id>` so the
sandbox can read it, and `flatpak override --user --env=GTK_THEME=cyberqueer
<id>` to activate it. Gracefully skips with a warning if the theme source
directory is absent.
App scripts converted (pacman/AUR → Flatpak + theme):
ardour org.ardour.Ardour
audacity org.audacityteam.Audacity
chromium org.chromium.Chromium
firefox org.mozilla.firefox
geany org.geany.Geany
gimp org.gimp.GIMP
inkscape org.inkscape.Inkscape
kate org.kde.kate
kdenlive org.kde.kdenlive
krita org.kde.krita
librewolf io.gitlab.librewolf-community.librewolf
lmms io.lmms.LMMS
localsend org.localsend.localsend
min-browser com.github.minbrowser.min
mixxx org.mixxx.Mixxx
onlyoffice org.onlyoffice.desktopeditors
openshot org.openshot.OpenShot
rdp-client org.remmina.Remmina (was pacman remmina + freerdp + libvncserver;
Flatpak bundles all protocols, including VNC and SSH tunnels)
shotcut org.shotcut.Shotcut
steam com.valvesoftware.Steam
vscodium com.vscodium.codium
wireshark org.wireshark.Wireshark
xournal com.github.xournalpp.xournalpp
zed dev.zed.Zed
zen-browser io.github.zen_browser.zen
Special cases:
blender-povray: Blender → Flatpak (org.blender.Blender) + theme; POV-Ray
stays pacman because it has no Flatpak and is a CLI renderer, not a GUI app.
prismlauncher / stuntrally: were already Flatpak installs; added
apply_flatpak_theme so they pick up the cyberqueer theme like everything else.
vesktop: switched from AUR vesktop to Flatpak dev.vencord.Vesktop. The AUR
build requires cargo and takes several minutes; the Flatpak is pre-built.
Vencord config is now deployed to ~/.var/app/dev.vencord.Vesktop/config/
(both Vencord/ and vesktop/ sub-dirs) instead of ~/.config/, which is where
the Flatpak sandbox exposes its config directory.
k8s: kubectl stays pacman (it is a CLI tool with no GUI, no Flatpak needed);
podman-desktop switches from pacman podman-desktop to Flatpak
io.podman_desktop.PodmanDesktop + theme, because it is a full GUI app.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Amir Alexander Abdelbaki
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