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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2025-04-28 12:35, Jason Eckert
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<div dir="ltr">Ricing has been popular with newer generations
entering the *nix world for at least a decade (<a
href="https://jasoneckert.github.io/myblog/how-ricing-shifted-from-cars-to-computers/"
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<p>I also feel that is more about owning and being master of one's
own stuff. Quoting the blog:</p>
<p>"In the 1990s, cars could be easily had, and riced. Today,
computers can be easily had, and riced."</p>
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<div dir="ltr">Just look for the unixporn Reddit and Discord to
see that community - it's alive and well!</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 at 12:07,
Jason <<a href="mailto:jasonpa@gmail.com"
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<div dir="ltr">It's a derogatory term that originally referred
to modifying street cars for racing, mainly for looks, not
performance.<br>
Historically, a lot of the imported cars from Asia, such as
the JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) street racing scene were
modified with larger rims, exhaust, wings, etc.
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Whenever I see a front wheel drive Civic with a huge
wing adding rear downforce (and reducing front wheel
traction, killing power) I laugh a bit...<br>
To be fair, some of the wings will add force while
cornering, which can actually be useful, but if you
know, you know...<br>
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<div>If you go on Reddit /r/unixporn - that's where you'll
see all the desktop setups similarly modified for
looks... aka "ricing your desktop".</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at
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> For the less cool kids around here: what is ricing?<br>
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Lunch time?<br>
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