what the heck!! that is so wild, mind blowing, i thought the main difference between raster graphics and vector graphics was the quality but i didn’t think about it too deeply.

i had no idea svg files actually used html code and pretty much could be modified using only text and amazing code woa!!! this opens up the possibility for so many things on linux i think.

for example, on a linux distro, we could modify the desktop environment and make it waaaaay lighter by getting rid of jpg or png icons and just using pure svg on it.

svg can be given a lot of attributes like movement, mouse hovering, change color, change anything. and most svg files are still under a megabyte. wow… please let me know other fun facts about svg or eps files. i really like doing graphic design on linux and inkscape.

  • StorageBEnglish
    8·
    1 day ago

    for example, on a linux distro, we could modify the desktop environment and make it waaaaay lighter by getting rid of jpg or png icons and just using pure svg on it.

    Isn’t that how it already works? GNOME system icons are all SVG - that’s what allows them to change colors when you change themes or switch between light and dark mode.

    • BCsven@lemmy.ca
      5·
      23 hours ago

      There are both, PNG as standard sizes and the SVGs. I believe the DE pulls the 32 48 256 pixel pngs so no addition rendering is needed.

      • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgEnglish
        2·
        20 hours ago

        hard to tell, but you can check it:

        find / -type f -name *.svg

        maybe also include -xdev if you have an external drive that doesn’t hold any system files.