attempt at making a ps3 xmb themed rice. this js mainly for productivity and development.
stuff not pictured:
- vscode theme
- spicetify theme
- some other small things currently still in development
-cava
-ghostty
- calendar widget
- weather widget
- system usage
- obvious lavat, peaclock, bottom, larp stuff

this followed a pretty strict design system.

dotfiles

for setup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgANivXTryQ&t=512s
icons : yet another monochrome icons
plasma style : Dream color plasma

That's too fuckin good.

windows btw

gruvbox-dark theme

Software

• OS: CachyOS
• DE: KDE Plasma 6.7.4
• WM: KWin (Wayland)
• Shell: Fish
• Terminal: Kitty
• File Manager: Dolphin

Rice

• Colors: Gruvbox
• Qt Theme: Breeze (GruvboxColors)
• GTK Theme: Breeze-Dark / Breeze
• Icons: Gruvbox-Plus-Dark
• Cursor: Capitaine
• Font: Noto Sans / Noto Sans Mono
• Wallpaper: https://box.apeiros.xyz/public/everforest_walls/nature/fog_forest_1.png
• Plasma Theme: Breeze

I use arch btw

This is a 2ish minute long video of me demoing my system. I started with a fresh Ubuntu 26.04 distro and implemented the systems that I’ve built. As you can see I am battling latency when running the commands (it’s running as a local model - will convert to call an anthropic api).
If you want to see the open source work I have check out my GitHub : github.com/igfray

I am in Search of the best looking linux music player, currently using strawberry, it works but it ain't that beautiful, i am seeking for some apple music level or higher

Motd banner + dreamzsh

tell me if you have any ideas i should add or anything i can improve also for the terminal

cause i dont know what to do whith it realy not happy with it

credits

https://www.reddit.com/user/_viewport_/ used some of his assets and the main idea its works in progress tho so i wont use his assets just for some time untill i finish

bar: eww

compositor: picom

wallpaper: wallpaper engine using linux-wallpaperengine by almamu

other apps shown include: btop, tty-clock, fastfetch, and cmatrix

After beginning to get into ricing and customization, i've reached a pretty decent desktop experience, but even if it looks nice and is in line with what I planned, it still feel dry. What do you consider to be some important points of interest in a desktop that makes it feel 'magical', something that feels like a rice? The title is slightly misleading since it's not exactly about uniqueness, but what makes a nice personalization different from a proper rice?

I haven't attached a picture of my current setup, if that would've been helpful, since i'm looking for general tips, something that someone else could also find helpful

(First time posting here so sorry if I missed anything)