I've spent the last year learning Linux and coding, I had used windows for years and only used Ubuntu 12 for very short stints, and as for coding i was clueless, now ive a basic understanding but im getting there. Anyway thank you to all the maintainers, devs and community

  • Nakoichi [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    fyi "riced" is kinda racist terminology. It goes back to car culture from the 90s and always kinda made me uncomfortable even then.

    • squid@feddit.uk
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      1 year ago

      So what is the new terminology for the practice of theming a desktop

      • Nakoichi [they/them]
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        1 year ago

        lol anything but that idk. It literally originates from racist stereotypes about Japanese cars and car culture though, just thought I would let you know

        • squid@feddit.uk
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          1 year ago

          Just looked into the terminology, as an Asian I don't see it as that offensive if offensive at all when used for Linux theming

          • Nakoichi [they/them]
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            1 year ago

            might not seem that way at a glance but as someone that was into car culture in the 90s it definitely was and that's where it carried over from.

            • squid@feddit.uk
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              1 year ago

              I don't think it carries over. Its been reclaimed and now it has connotations of pride, ricing seems to of been an insult as the cars where cheaply and tackily fitted. My desktop and many others I'd seen "riced" looked far from cheap

              • Nakoichi [they/them]
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                1 year ago

                We literally had this whole argument play out before and I'm just standing by the fact it isn't "reclaimed" because most of the people using it and defending it are white dudes. I am not going to criticize your use of it if you're actually Asian but it's not really worth trying to reclaim imo.

      • Flyberius [comrade/them]
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        1 year ago

        Crackering

        "The act of tackily retheming a gui in an attempt to look like a 1337 hacker. Typically the preserve of young white males in the tech industry"

        • SaltyIceteaMaker@lemmy.ml
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          1 year ago

          Give it a few years and people will complain about it because cracker is used as a racist term against white people (because our skin looks like a cracker)

    • pastermil@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I'm Asian and I don't even know or care. It's a well accepted word with well-intended meaning. I even use that word from time to time.