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There was a time when I had a terminal with just the background transparent. I recall that. You could do it in software and even on hardware on a Via Unichrome.

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Terminal with transparent or even blurred background is very doable. I've done it on my i3-gaps and urxvt setup both with urxvt's "fake" transparency and by using a compositor.

I vaguely remember Gnome-Terminal even having it. I wonder if they removed it.

It appears that they removed it in 3.7:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/475935/did-they-just-remove-...

Glad to see Gnome's reputation for removing stuff remains.

It's funny to see people on HN freaking out and, when Gnome moves a preference from one sheet in preferences dialog to another sheet, in the same dialog.

I wonder, if these people even use Gnome, or they just want to join the bashing.

Btw, if you do use Gnome, you can find it in Preferences | <profile> | Colors.

Amazing. Thanks for helping me find it again.

I'm pretty sure only Gnome users bash Gnome because non-Gnome users just don't care. I've been on Gnome since 2003.

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