• glibg10b@lemmy.ml
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        11 months ago

        Yeah, ricing is slang for the r/unixporn kind of themeing. It comes from car culture, where RICE stands for “race-inspired cosmetic enhancement”

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        11 months ago

        Ricing is usually used for extreme, often gaudy theming and personalization, with emphasis on looks rather than real usability

        • D3FNC [any]@hexbear.net
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          11 months ago

          Oh uh yeah my grandpa uses that word in a very similar context, not sure I’d repeat it though myself

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          Idk if I would say it’s looks > usability, and it’s certainly not gaudy… There are theming styles that are much more unusable and gaudy than the “riced” look.

          It’s an aesthetic that idealizes a kind of barebones utility, and while it often will lean towards the look over the usability, the look itself is like a “beautiful utilitarian” - minimalistic, uncluttered, etc.

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      11 months ago

      Oh shit, I remember LiteStep and spending hours and hours to just fiddle with how my desktop looked. I personally felt Windows 2000 was the pinnacle of MS OSs (except so many games etc. wouldn’t run because rightly the OS reported it was Windows NT and a lot of games shat themselves at that)