[deleted] First, does Materia works with transparency? All of my transparency seems to be gone.
Transparency is handled somewhat differently -- the taskbar is partially (50% maybe?) opaque rather than fully transparent on desktop, becomes fully opaque when a full-screen app is opened unless you change the taskbar default setting from "Dynamic" to "Always".
[deleted] Does the papirus stills de default icon theme?
Yes, unless you change it.
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