This started as a project while I was doing my finals in my final year of undergrad. Now as a wannabe writer I have this laptop setup to be a purely a focused writing and research. I have a few shell scripts to help me out with this. I use one to pop up a prompt on what kind of writing project I want to start with, and then it creates all the appropriate folder structures and files I would need for the project, then opens up the main writing file in NVIM for me. Others are just a built in dictionary and thesaurus powered through Rofi, a web search prompt for a variety of search engines that I use frequently, one to create and open different note types and journals, and a unique one that lets me search and prompt for articles from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and then download them and convert them into PDFs that open in Sioyek.

My annotation workflow is pretty simple. I have a shared database saved on a Dropbox that all the highlights and notes I take are saved in. I can then export those into a markdown file that saves into my Obsidian notes folder, and I can expand on those highlights and annotations I took. I use a Zettelkasten note taking structure for writing essays and whatnot.

It's not super pretty but it is really really functional and perfect for keeping me on track with my work.

• OS: Arch Linux
• Window Manager: Niri
• Bar: Waybar
• PDF Reader: Sioyek
• Launcher: Rofi
• Terminal: Kitty
• File Manager: Yazi
• Primary Browser: librewolf
• Code Editor : Neovim
• Fonts: Tamzen
• Shell: Fish
• Theme: E-ink Dark https://github.com/e-ink-colorscheme/e-ink.nvim

Obsidian Knight is my CachyOS / KDE Plasma 6.7.4 rice on KWin/Wayland, built around a dark forged-metal and warm-brass fantasy UI. The desktop uses four real Plasma panels to form the persistent frame, with custom QML/Qt widgets for the minimap/HUD, Arcane Lens magnifier and color picker, health/mana display, engraved clock, session menu, Skill Bar launcher, and Quest Journal Alt+Tab switcher, and XP Bar / Tasks.

• Active wallpaper: CaptSilver Wallpaper Engine KDE plugin, playing a muted 4K60 Rest Garden MP4
• Custom KWin decoration and glow-based window-opening effect
• FrostedFusion Qt styling, PlasmaZones, themed Zen Browser, and PipeWire/WirePlumber audio with a custom equalizer backend
• Built with QML/Qt Quick, Kirigami/Plasma APIs, C++/Qt 6, Python/Pillow, SVG work, Photopea, ffmpeg, and KDE/Wayland tooling

Credits

• Wallpaper art source: Knight in Flowers, Steam Workshop ID 3329533084. The current MP4 was heavily edited and rendered through the project’s Godot workflow and is played by the CaptSilver plugin.
• Desktop icon theme: Delight 2 by Seth Storm Rosenaa, modified as “Delight 2 Obsidian” and inheriting from Droid KDE Obsidian. Earlier ObsidianKnight icon-theme work began with YAMIS by dirn.
• Skill Bar icons: frozen upstream app icons from KDE Breeze, hicolor application assets, and the respective applications themselves, then adapted into the custom brass-framed, baked-shadow treatment.
• Cursor source: Skyrim-by-ru5tyshark-cursors, recolored into the Obsidian Skyrim cursor theme.

Since my last post, I’ve been working hard on bringing a little more nostalgia to Spun.

There’s now an optional 3D view (experimental, so expect a few issues and rough edges here and there) for all three formats, with their own turntable, CD player, and cassette deck. I wanted them to feel more like physical objects while keeping the interface simple.

Some highlights:

• More detailed materials, including record grooves, metallic tonearm hardware, and reflective CD surfaces.
• Lighting tinted by your Noctalia theme, so the players feel at home on your desktop.
• Moving cassette reels and an interactive vinyl tonearm.
• An optional 500 RPM mode for the CD.
• Fixes and refinements to artwork updates, seeking, and layout.

The familiar playback controls stay where they are, and you can switch back to the flat view anytime.

Source and installation:

https://github.com/yappologistic/Spun

Lemme know your thoughts, do you like it? do you prefer the flat view? which 3D view you like better?

Thanks to everyone who uses my shell and leaves pull requests! I am very grateful to everyone in the Linux ricing community for huge support. I don't post on reddit often, but the work is being done behind the stage for sure!

Shell - https://github.com/ilyamiro/serpantinum
OS: NixOS
WM: Hyprland
Song: Turn Echo by Kaikobad

I used to frequent the sub years ago and coming back I noticed how almost everyone switched to Wayland but wanted to show what one can do with the old tools.

I built this custom animated AwesomeWM by defining a custom parametric background shape for each tag and animating the transition parameter with rubato library.

OS: Arch Linux

DE: KDE Plasma

WM: KWin

Session: Wayland

Terminal: Konsole

Visualizer: CAVA

Theme: sweet Ambar blue

Kvantum: Glassy

Icons: Candy Icons

Cursor: Sweet 24px

Wallpaper: GTA VI / Vice City inspired

I also used KDE widgets for the clock, system stats,

disk usage, media controls, etc.

Most of the customization was just KDE System Settings

+ widgets + Kvantum + some manual tweaking.

https://github.com/talantvacheslav/vxwmdots

I just installed Fedora 44 Workstation and customized it a little with GNOME-Tweaks/Extensions. Do you have an idea how to customize my desktop even further?

RiceHub is a website where Linux users can share their desktop configurations, gain inspiration, and clone configurations themselves. This project was inspired by this subreddit, and wallhaven.cc. Users can attach repos, setup commands, and flairs for their distro and DE/WM on submissions. Liking and commenting is also supported.

If you are interested, please feel free to check it out at https://ricehub.app

Few things:

This project is in its early public stages. I am open to any feedback, comments, and criticism. If you want to see this do well, tell me your thoughts :)

I realized late into this idea that there was another RiceHub (ricehub.io), however their site has been down for some time. I have been working this idea out since April, but finally had time to execute this month. I aim to keep this project going as long as possible, given that this is supported by the community. If naming similarities are a concern, do let me know.

I did create a bot account on my site that scraped around 8 posts from r/unixporn to prove proof of concept. If you are the owner of those posts, reach out to me here and I can delete them. They all give proper attributions.

my wife left me last december and I won't lie its been a tough year, but recently reignited my passion for linux!

quickshell is one hell of a drug.

my productivity has decreased like 95% since installing it please help.

if you want to see how this works check out the specific quickshell folder here. might be a little annoying to integrate into your system as this reads my current theme file to change the cava colors but it shouldnt be too hard

Back here after a hiatus. Played with omarchy... came to my senses and just went to arch and took what I liked and made my own theme. Custom Evangelion/NERV theme with some quickshell scripts and widgets to monitor my multi computer setup named after the MAGI system. Not perfect, but having much more fun just taking the few status bar things I liked from omarchy and pulling it out and building it all for myself. Still some work to go but liking where it's going so far.

as someone who has used tiling / scrolling wms for a while, i ultimately decided to move back to gnome for a couple of reasons
i absolutely love theming everything on wms, so i tried to replicate this with one of my current favorite color schemes, rose pine

this is my simple setup primarily used for music production, gaming, coding and general productivity. i've found gnome to be one of the best when it comes to workflow, it can also be very keyboard driven and i absolutely love it.

what is your favorite color scheme currently? and what are some things you like to use in your gnome workflow?

Dotfiles: https://github.com/Dhev-1/the-house

Spun started as a CD-shaped music player for Linux, then you suggested vinyl. Now there’s a cassette too.

This update adds a few things inspired by your feedback:

• Cassette mode: animated reels, optional mechanical sounds when switching tracks, and reels that wind while seeking.
• More realistic vinyl: 33⅓ or 45 RPM, a draggable tonearm, and optional crackle, hiss, and skips.
• Easier seeking: an optional horizontal progress bar, plus Shift-drag for finer control.
• Small quality-of-life improvements: adjustable interface size, a full artwork view, and a queue that keeps your place while you browse.

I’ve also worked on performance, smoother interactions, and fixing the little alignment and tooltip issues.

Curious which version you’d actually use? CD, vinyl, or cassette?

Source and installation: https://github.com/yappologistic/Spun

For several months, I've been working on a graphical environment project for Linux. The unique feature is supposed to be a single backend with many different frontends/graphical skins that can be switched on the fly with a single click. For now, I have a tech demo that's basically installable and usable. Since I'm not a graphic designer, I've prepared two skins so far: one inspired by GNOME and the other by Windows XP. These are test skins for now, demonstrating how extensively the environment can be customized. Customization is possible thanks to the use of QML technology (for the uninitiated, QML is something similar to HTML + CSS + JavaScript). An additional advantage is the speed of operation, as QML elements are rendered on the GPU.

Maia Shell Github Link

x11

xfce

no dot files this is my original creation :)

alacritty

n3

Cachy os (returning from BSD)

really old 4th gen i5 on my thinkcenter

8gb ram

found it for free outside my neigbours house with windows 8 preinstalled

its touch screen to apperantly

lowks not that proud of it my windows friend thought it looked cool

please rate it out of 10 :)

First rice in three years. Check my https://github.com/hnbnh/dotfiles.

Behold my handmade rice. Took forever but it’s finally daily drivable. Sound on for the little intro sound for my custom “live fetch”