Hey all! Thought I’d start this discussion to see how you all go about customizing your systems.
I’ve been using a mostly default system for a while, both on my work and personal laptops, because at a certain point the whole customization thing just became too much work, I lost configs and I never really felt like spending much time on it anymore.
At a point I might’ve had a cool look going, but I was never able to get all of my programs using it correctly (GTK vs QT problems if I remember correctly), there was no good obvious way to backup my configs and transitioning them to a new system.
And I know that some tools have popped up in the meantime to make this whole process easier, but being away from it all for a while, I’m sure whatever used to be cool a few years ago has been replaced by something else now.
So I’m interested to know how you go about customizing your systems.
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Do you use any tools to auto generate configs or color schemes?
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What is your general workflow when you start customizing?
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Do you use any backup methods and keep your rices stored/archived, or do you just toss everything out and start anew whenever you feel bored?
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When you set up a new system or distro, do you immediately customize the hell out of it, or do you slowly change things as you go?
Cheers!
Why ‘Ricing’? I tried searching but could only find explanations of the word related to cars
It’s customizing and souping up your desktop to look cool, like car ricing is for souping up your car.
Kinda funny they use that word here.
No idea honestly, it’s the word that the community used back in the subreddit. I think it is exactly a reference to its use in the car world, though
Modified cars, common in Asia, are called rice burners. Hence the word ricing