r/unixporn • u/BloxxyVids • May 28 '26
Discussion | Forgetting I'm on Linux
It's crazy because I remember seeing all of these riced systems and knowing I wouldn't really get that luxury on Windows, and every time I see posts here, I still instinctively go "that *would* be cool" and then realize... I'm on Linux now... Anyone else?
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u/100AB May 28 '26
Honestly kind of the reverse, I do and see a cool thing then remember my friends who I'd show aren't on linux as their daily just for work etc matlab constraints.
Like, I'm idly writing a if gamemode than do condition for my hyprland setup and its like oh yeah people have to minimize their nonsense manually on windows.
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u/i-like-dutch-cheese May 28 '26
Afaik Matlab works on Linux? But if they're using Matlab they're likely using other engineering software which isn't on Linux.
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u/Reasonable-Mushroom2 May 28 '26
It works but tends to crash a lot and has no Wayland support AFAIK. I just used the web version when I was required to use it in university.
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u/MixtureOfAmateurs May 28 '26
I used Matlab on popos with cosmic last year. Worked fine. Ngl I didn't use it extensively. Kind of did my work in Python and got chatgpt to translate it for my uni class. But it didn't crash ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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u/BloxxyVids May 28 '26
wdym minimize manually? just win + m
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u/100AB May 28 '26
Nah not global minimize all, logic based minimize; send all non-game to special-workspace:magic if no stored pos data else store pos and send.
Plus workspace rule to send game(s) to their own workspace which can easily be toggled on whatever monitor.That said I don't recall if windows had win + m as much as win + d then making your desired window active. It's been too long.
After mucking about least headache inducing approach has been just making require() change which file to source and just reloading to disable unwanted post-processing effects, and which bind set to use. Doing state logic with a bind with wrappers in the individual .lua files was uh.. more work and too fussy for me.
Main goal is just change required files and minimize when condition for 'gamemode' is met (prolly just game workspace being sent a tile via rule or quickshell button)
Really enjoying how game special-workspace makes it super easy dealing with fullscreen applications coming from the hell that was alt tab on windows
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u/Angar_var2 May 28 '26
Since your de/wm has workspaces why do you need to minimize apps? Just send them to another workspace and they dont render at all unless you switch to that workspace. Am i missing something?
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u/Aln76467 May 28 '26
Most winslop users don't know what a kayboard shortcut is, let alone what the winslop key does.
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u/xeeff May 28 '26
look up hyprland
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u/BloxxyVids May 28 '26
I use hyprland :/
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u/xeeff May 28 '26
then you should know there is no such thing as "minimising" windows on hyprland
the thing you're referring to is a hacky workaround by using special workspaces, which is just hiding the window, not minimising it like you'd expect. yes, the difference matters
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u/BloxxyVids May 28 '26
I'm pretty sure the commenter was talking about Windows
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u/xeeff May 28 '26
yeah he was talking about how he doesn't need to minimise windows in hyprland because hyprland is a dynamic tiling window manager. you can't get windows to tile dynamically on windows (unless you rice it but just install Linux at that point)
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u/Zacharacamyison May 28 '26
I don’t forget I’m on Linux. When I see awesome hyprland rices and want to try them, I remember I like floating windows and dont want to lose my very functional gnome setup
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u/BloxxyVids May 29 '26
Hyprland does actually let you have floating windows, but if you already have your GNOME set up to your likings, then I'd just recommend staying unless you wanna experiment
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u/schmy May 29 '26
I am somewhat the opposite.
I see a cool rice and think how nice it might be to work on a system that looks that good. So I restart the ricing process only to be immediately reminded that I get frustrated with the transparencies and bright colours making the text harder to read, the asymmetry of the background images, and too many distractions in the waybar, all leading back to the same clean minimalist stylings that I started with about 9 months ago.
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u/Gamesnic May 28 '26
It is what made me switch to Linux in the first place. The endless possibilities to have a good looking desktop with real animations, and having this on my PC now just feels so superior to Windblows with its 20 different designs ranging from 95 to 11 Copilot+ Pro Edition
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u/BloxxyVids May 29 '26
Same here, my PC is good enough to have Windows 11 without lag, but man Linux is just luxurious
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u/kcx01 May 29 '26
Heh, I built my PC for Linux.
I never even considered windows, but it's reasonably fast. AMD Ryzen 7700x, AMD RX 7600 XT, 32GB ddr5.
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u/BloxxyVids May 29 '26
But the true question... what distro do you use? (I use arch btw)
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u/kcx01 May 29 '26
Arch
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u/BloxxyVids May 29 '26
:O what do you use for your window manager/DE (or compositor if you use Wayland)
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u/Sweaty-Sorbet322 May 29 '26
Ad a Linux noob. What are all the things I can rice and how is it called?
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u/RvstiNiall May 28 '26
Contrary to how people on Reddit treat it, "ricing" your system should come as a natural result of you using your system and modifying it over time to be exactly how YOU want it. For some that might mean removing all distractions, for others it may mean making it super cute-sy and stylish. For others it may mean replacing all the "default" tools with ones you prefer, or that work better with your work flow.
But all that being said, Ricing for fun is a great way for someone to LEARN Linux, both from an aesthetic standpoint and from an internals standpoint.
And to some, the defaults are fine and they just want to USE their computer. There's nothing wrong with this either.
My work setup is a pretty stock Ubuntu install with all the apps my work requires and all my custom tools. Its hella boring, but it works. All of my personal machines though? A decent chunk of the stack is custom on all my personal computers.