ColdWater@lemmy.ca to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agospend hours ricing my desktop and decided I hated it at the end, and ended up wiping my entire OSlemmy.caimagemessage-square77linkfedilinkarrow-up1403
arrow-up1403imagespend hours ricing my desktop and decided I hated it at the end, and ended up wiping my entire OSlemmy.caColdWater@lemmy.ca to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square77linkfedilink
minus-squareTwo9A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoAs 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.
minus-squarefleton@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoI thought ricing was when asian street food vendors would make their small food carts all fancy looking?
minus-squarejukmehrk@lemmy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoThe 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.
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.
I thought ricing was when asian street food vendors would make their small food carts all fancy looking?
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.