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Pride System Icon (gitlab.com)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by absentbird@lemm.ee to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
 

Just a little system tray icon to show support for the LGBTQ+ community.

Originally created last year as a simple one-off project in response to Windows 11 users getting mad about a pride icon appearing on their task bar.

This year I remade it in Go, added support for Windows (7 and up), and improved compatibility with a variety of Linux environments.

Let me know what you think, or don't, just please be nice about it.

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[–] absentbird@lemm.ee 30 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

People in the Linux community were just having a laugh at Windows users who were unable to remove an icon, then some people were saying how they actually wanted a pride icon on their panel, so I wrote a simple python script and shared it.

Over the past year multiple people have said they liked the little icon in my system tray, so I decided to polish up the project and share it again. I'm not expecting it to change the world, I just thought some people out there might enjoy it.

EDIT: it's not a random executable, the source code is right there, you can compile it yourself if you like.