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Well, Plata theme didn't work in Flatpak, but Arc did (in both cases I had the theme set in XFCE first).
A bit of a mystery but I won't lose sleep because of this...
thank you for replies.

Good point! I didn't install Greybird in MX, so it's not the same theme... thank you. Will do that properly tomorrow...

It might depend on the flatpak app you're installing. Is it a QT-based or Gtk program? Also, your main installation outside of the flatpak apps must also be using the same theme as the flatpak theme. I only have a few flatpaks installed in MX15/16, but Lollypop and Oomox do follow the flatpak Arc t...

OK thanks. I have used MX-PackageInstaller.
My point is that the flatpak themes don't work in MX, at least not for me. I installed Greybird GTK themes with flatpak command but that was never picked up by the flatpak apps that stick to default Adwaita. Hence the need for the GTK settings daemon...

Hi everyone, I am new to MX-linux, just installed the latest version on my girlfriend's laptop. I thought I could install some flatpak apps for her. I think it's quite a neat solution, doesn't mess up the system libraries and the sandboxing is nice to have, even though there is an overhead of course...