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I'm pretty sure the goal is Linux with a single tightly coupled official ui with no extensions or themes with the single point of configurability will be an accent color.

This to be part of a monolithic identical system where different distros are only different in terms of default software installed and logo and the entire os is read only and not user serviceable.

Look up rethinking how we put systems together by leonart poetering and comments from gnome devs about disabling theming to improve brand awareness or arguing about the folly of letting users muck up their work with the horror of extensions.




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