Bug#803423: #803423 libqt5gui5: Ugly GUI (no icons) / Weird interpretation of XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP and GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID
> @Lisandro
>> But that doesn't seems to solve the ssh problem, right? For example one could
>> run wireshark trough X port forwarding without a DE.
>
> If you're running some xsettings daemon on your local system, any X client using this X server should
> get these xsettings. If theme files are present on X client's machine, it should in theory apply the theme.
Although in case the client is Qt app, it still needs to be told to mimic GTK (by variable), and then it will get
specific GTK and Icon themes from xsettings.
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