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I used to be like that, nowadays I just choose a distro that comes with a DE I like out of the box, switch to dark mode, set a wallpaper and call it a day.
I do the same but I also make sure the panel's on the top edge of the screen
Default Plasma is just good.
I used to skin Windows XP and loved custom icon packs for OS X. Today I run Gnome with the bare minimum quality of life extensions.
I was going to say I don't have time to mess around with that shit, and then remembered I have spent a bunch of time curating my dotfiles and the actual OS I run is a Bootc image I build nightly on my self hosted Forgejo instance. I may actually have too much time on my hands π
I changed the font size in Linux Mint. Does that count?
Are you the hacker we keep reading about in the newspaper?
Yes. My name is 4chan.
Dumb question: What exactly is "ricing"? I'd also be curious to learn about the etymology of that term...
Incorrect, or dumb use of a term originating from modifying Japanese car to street racing, also racist term.
you know the Fast and the Furious movies? at least the original 2 or 3, those cars were all tricked out with neon lights, decals, nitros, custom exhaust, all that? most of those cars were Japanese cars that were heavily modified. Basically it was a derogetory term for modifying a piece of shit car to look good, Especally if it was a Japanese car. you slap a body kit on it, neon lights, slap in some bucket seats, switch out the exhaust, but you dont' touch the engine. that's a "Ricer" it's not a good thing in that specific car culture.
So for whatever reason someone at some point was modifying their Desktop Environment or Window Manager with neon borders and all that and decided to call it a Rice. You're essentially modifying your OS without touching the "engine" so to speak. You're just slapping a body kit, neon lights, some bucket seats etc onto your operating system.
Read the same in the past. If I remember correctly, someone added "Ricer" and "Rice" is racism, too.
yeah some consider it a racist term because it originally applied specifically to Japanese Cars. i.e. Asian cars, Asians like eating Rice, POS modified Car isn't a "Racer" it's a "Ricer".
I once had to explain to my father why calling Asian sport bikes "rice rockets" is racist. He didn't get it and went on to talk about how he got "gyped" by a guy trying to sell him one when he was in his 30s.
You guys set a different wallpaper?
Honestly, usually the only thing I HAVE to change. Idk why all the default distro wallpapers suck
It's different to work with than just about any Linux distro out there, but works kinda well with NixOS. Sure it's different than all the other Linux distros and prob has a steeper learning curve as well - but once you get into it you'll never have to reinstall again, you can apply any config with 1 command, revert to earlier build-versions if a change would break the system. Great stuff!
CachyOS has been great if anyone is looking for an arch based distro that's preconfigured for gaming out of the box.
What does ricing mean in this context?
RICE is a post-hoc acronym (backronym) meaning Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement. Its from car communities.
It used to be a racist term referring to the modification of JDM vehicles, hence the post-hoc change to the definition. Its a word that came into common parlance without folks completely knowing it was racist.
Fun fact! It's still racist.
Customizing the appearance of the desktop, for example with custom themes, widgets that show various stats etc etc
I keep telling myself Iβm gonna rice out my setup. That plasma is just a placeholder. But as months have become years I have started to question the value in it.
XFCE + Compiz was 100% worth the effort of doing it once and then being able to just copy to a new device.
Waiting for XFCE to complete their Wayland transition, and I'm gonna upgrade to Wayfire.
That being said, yeah I give KDE to basically everyone else new to Linux lol
I agree that KDE is better for newcomers. I'll never understand why the newbie-friendly distros tend to favor GNOME.
Same experience, thought desktop on linux was behind because I started on Ubuntu with GNOME.
Luckily tried XFCE on someone's Debian install and realized GNOME just kinda sucked.
Even GNOME 2 was a pretty standard DE, 3 and 40+ just took a weird nosedive where they enforced their idea of the perfect DE, despite it breaking a ton of rules about good UX and removing a bunch of former features.
It's a lowest common denominator kinda issue, methinks. Gnome is chasing it's own tail trying to create a single UI that will please everyone, plus have it simple to use and both similar enough yet distinct enough to/from Windows/Mac experiences. It's a noble enough goal - but honestly strikes me as well impossible.
KDE gives you a barely updated Win95 era desktop and then becomes a tinkerer's paradise - whenever there was two or more options, they focused on making each available, but neither becomes the default.
Oh man, old school Compiz with the wobbly windows and a million other tricks absolutely blew my mind. Magic rainbow spark particles when I minimize a window? Yes please! Fire trail that follows the cursor? No problem!
I spend 3 days ricing my desktop and I did not finish. I've now been sitting with the ugliest half riced desktop for 6 months. I decided to go with a light theme in beige and its.. not good.