To be honest, “DHH switches to

To be honest, “DHH switches to Linux and discovers ricing” was not on my 2024 bingo card.

June 2024

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Mike Perham :sidekiq:

2024-06-03 10:18 PM PDT

@wood am I the only one who has no idea what “ricing” is?
Mike Perham :sidekiq:

2024-06-03 10:21 PM PDT

@wood “Ricing is a term for customizing or enhancing a system for aesthetic purposes, often with no practical benefit”
Sounds like Enlightenment setups in the 1990s.
Joshua Wood

2024-06-03 10:22 PM PDT

@getajobmike it’s a term they use to mean visually customizing your Linux desktop environment. Popular with these folks: https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/
r/unixporn - the home for *NIX customization!
Joshua Wood

2024-06-03 10:23 PM PDT

@getajobmike I’ve done a bit, it’s fun and a total rabbit hole, and the opposite of convention over configuration. ????
postmodern

2024-06-03 11:25 PM PDT

@getajobmike surely you must have went through that phase of running Gentoo Linux with a tricked out FVWM/E17/*box WM, rxvt with a transparent background, gkrellm, xmms, and anime wallpaper?
Monospace Mentor

2024-06-04 12:35 AM PDT

@postmodern @getajobmike Enlightenment FTW!
Andy Peters

2024-06-04 06:02 AM PDT

@getajobmike @wood
> Sounds like Enlightenment setups in the 1990s.
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That comment took me back, but was also spot on.
maarten brouwers

2024-06-04 09:04 AM PDT

@getajobmike @wood this is part of the reason why I was happy to switch to macOS after loosing too much time tweaking UIs. But I really like what I am seeing in Gnome land.