Transparent Menu Backgrounds? Please?

I'm starting to think there must be a .conf file somewhere to fix these transparency annoyances (because I know GNOME is modular).

It would really make my 21st Century day, if I could get away from these 20th Century GUI defaults, without needing to switch to Spanish Inquisition style window managers...

McFly?!?!









 Bueller?










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