[flohofwoe]

I'd argue that Linux desktop was always the peak of customization via themes, and today remains the last platform to even allow such customization. Most Linux desktop themes don't look all that great (simply because of the '90% of everything is crap' rule), but there are a few really great ones that are aesthetically much more pleasing than both Win10 and macOS (of course this is very personal and subjective, which makes it all the more important to allow theming).

[kzrdude]

Old Mac OS - System 7.5 days and thereabouts had a really great theming situation, with Kaleidoscope schemes making it possible to change everything. I remember I made my own.

Something like this shows the diversity in themes:

https://macgui.com/downloads/?cat_id=25

Wayback machine link

https://web.archive.org/web/20040404162223fw_/http://www.kal...

[dannyw]

What are your favourites?

[flohofwoe]

I currently use Adapta Nokto on Ubuntu.

[boomboomsubban]

It's the peak of customization yet the community is full of people saying "I didn't like GNOME's palette so I use Plasma now." I never know how to respond to those people. If they're happy, whatever, but it feels like most people are unaware themes exist.

[BearOso]

To be fair, themes are only grudgingly supported by gnome. KDE has more available configurability for color schemes, but the number of Qt themes that handle everything correctly and look good is small.

I think resolution-independence has made creating themes much more difficult, and not a lot of people are up to the task.

[im3w1l]

Windows can still be customized a lot.