> @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.