[vlc] Q: how to get rid of the stupid "XMAS" icons?

[Colin Law]

On 30 December 2010 20:01,  <hendrich at informatik.uni-hamburg.de> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I know it will disappear in a few hours... but I would like to disable
> the ANNOYING xmas decoration RIGHT NOW! Ugly! And yes, I am supposed to
> be Christian and all, celebration of love and peace, but I still simply
> HATE it  when my applications change their behaviour in an unwanted,
> unpredicted, and unnecessary way. I can use commercial stuff from MS and
> Adobe, if I want something like this.

Just submit a patch to the software to provide the option.  SHOUTING
at the volunteers who have given up their time to provide you with the
software free of charge will get you nowhere.

Colin