Meta post I’ve decided to make. I enjoyed the unixporn subreddit a lot when I used reddit more. I enjoy customizing my linux de as much as the next nerd.
But you definitely shouldn’t use racist slang to refer to the process.
To be clear, I didn’t know the origin of the term ‘ricing’ until fairly recently. I was chattimg with my friend and used it to describe my de setup. They informed me that apparently it’s from car customization, and is a pejorative against generally asian men who customize their car to look like a racecar.
After learning this I was sad to realize just how engrained it is in linux de customization culture. I personally have stopped using the term, and I would ask everyone here stop as well.
no it definitely comes from the fact that a lot of modded cars that get called that are Honda, Toyota and other car companies from Asia. I’ve never heard someone call a dude’s suped up Mustang that even if they added stuff to make it look more like a race car.
Google riced mustang and you will see plenty.
weird i lived with a car guy who hung out with other car guys constantly in my living room for 5 years and they only called Asian cars that.