• Two9A@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    As I understand it, ricing a machine is to excessively modify it to achieve more speed, users of Gentoo being the origina ricers in the Linux world.

    The term itself has dubious and arguably racist origins, in the world of modification of Japanese cars for street racing.

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      3 days ago

      I thought ricing was when asian street food vendors would make their small food carts all fancy looking?

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      3 days ago

      The way I understand it, it’s specifically not to gain more speed, but completely focused on aesthetics. Themes, background, and other touches to make it look pretty, and perhaps some UX aspects too.