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Event

(Time and location to be determined)

Since a couple of years, I've been using a custom cursor theme – the cursor is a turtle emoji! Sometimes I forget that it exists, and people are amused that there's a turtle on my screen! :D

In this workshop, I'll explain how cursor themes work on Linux, and teach you how to generate your own one! It could be anything you want – some ideas:

  • Draw your own arrows (cool-looking? Weird ones?)
  • Repurpose your favorite icons/logos (so that everyone immediately knows that you're using Arch btw)
  • Blåhajs?!
  • High-contrast cursors that are actually more accessible to you

Bring a Linux laptop. No prior knowledge required. We'll use Inkscape (other vector graphics programs are also possible)! And I'll prepare a little script or web tool that will help you generate the actual theme.

The resulting themes work both on X11 as well as Wayland.