I do the same but I also make sure the panel's on the top edge of the screen

Are you the hacker we keep reading about in the newspaper?

Incorrect, or dumb use of a term originating from modifying Japanese car to street racing, also racist term.

you know the Fast and the Furious movies? at least the original 2 or 3, those cars were all tricked out with neon lights, decals, nitros, custom exhaust, all that? most of those cars were Japanese cars that were heavily modified. Basically it was a derogetory term for modifying a piece of shit car to look good, Especally if it was a Japanese car. you slap a body kit on it, neon lights, slap in some bucket seats, switch out the exhaust, but you dont' touch the engine. that's a "Ricer" it's not a good thing in that specific car culture.

So for whatever reason someone at some point was modifying their Desktop Environment or Window Manager with neon borders and all that and decided to call it a Rice. You're essentially modifying your OS without touching the "engine" so to speak. You're just slapping a body kit, neon lights, some bucket seats etc onto your operating system.

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.

Honestly, usually the only thing I HAVE to change. Idk why all the default distro wallpapers suck

CachyOS and Bazzite are perfect for gaming out of the box

RICE is a post-hoc acronym (backronym) meaning Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement. Its from car communities.

It used to be a racist term referring to the modification of JDM vehicles, hence the post-hoc change to the definition. Its a word that came into common parlance without folks completely knowing it was racist.

It's a racist term people used to refer to Japanese cars that have been "souped up"

Customizing the appearance of the desktop, for example with custom themes, widgets that show various stats etc etc

I agree that KDE is better for newcomers. I'll never understand why the newbie-friendly distros tend to favor GNOME.

Oh man, old school Compiz with the wobbly windows and a million other tricks absolutely blew my mind. Magic rainbow spark particles when I minimize a window? Yes please! Fire trail that follows the cursor? No problem!

how is rice racist i'm so confused