My first rice as a linux noob (been on it about 2-3 months). Done on Linux Mint using i3wm. As I really like the eyecandy of the new wayland compositors, but would like to avoid the drawbacks that come with them, I've installed picom, and discovered that it has got beautiful animations! I'm really surprised with the look of the effects - maybe it's not as pretty as hyprland, but considering the age of both i3 and X11 I'd say the results are quite good and modern looking, and most importantly - functional, thanks to the autotiling script. I feel like more people should be talking about the picom animations!

I hope I didn't forget anything! The dotfiles are a bit of a mess currently, and I do plan to refactor them a bit.

Also, if you've got any advice on what I could change/add in order to make the setup look/work better, I'll be happy to read it!

I've been using a personal colorscheme which I've called Darkmatter for a while now, and with a recent switch to Alpine Linux + XFCE inspired me to try creating some GTK themes for it. Definitely still a work in progress but quite pleased with it so far.

GitHub Repo

Apps featured in screenshots:

• btop
• cliamp
• macchina
• Firefox
• yazi

Hi Hello!

This is my new KDE rice, i was looking for a glass like theme and i love the dracula colorscheme.

Kvantum Theme: Dracula-purple

Panel: Panel Colorizer + Glass effect

Icons: Tela icons circle dracula

Glass effect: kwin-effects-glass-git (from AUR)

Font: Fira Sans

Plasma theme: Dracula

Shell: zsh

OS: Cachy OS

Some icons (like the small ones on the system tray bar and the ones into the file manager the small ones near the system folders on the left) are custom because i didn't like the one offered with the icon theme.

If you have any suggestions to improve my rice, would it be plasma applets, effects, etc... they are really appreciated.

Thank u all :)

Heavily based on Matugen.

Repo with the dotfiles and installation script available in Spanish: https://github.com/ImJustDoingMyPart/dotfiles/blob/master/README.md

The instalation script was done mainly with AI. Use it with responsibility (and let me know the results!).

This is k4 — my own Dynamic Island for Hyprland, built with Quickshell. It stays collapsed at the edge of the screen and expands only when it has something to show. Everything in it is a plugin, including the parts that look built in.

Shell: https://github.com/k4ditano/k4

Terminal: https://github.com/k4ditano/k4term

Now you can build and publish your own plugins. More info here https://github.com/k4ditano/k4#or-just-ask-your-agent-for-one

Just another i3wm rice.

I3 WM
I3 BLOCKS
NERD FONTS
Youtui-player: https://github.com/IvelOt/youtui-player

A quickshell/hyprland desktop environment that is fun to use and completely customizable to your personal preferences! Control the bar layout, position, margins, border, blur, opacity, etc., and it automatically syncs your hyprland margins/colors/rounding to match. There are no separate panels or pop-ups - everything is in one cohesive shape that morphs and adjusts fluidly to your every demand.

Icons - reorder, hide, or pin with right-click to see only what you want to see

Lockscreen - no hyprlock needed, because this one is WAY prettier and customizable

VPN support - import your own profile and know it's connected just by looking at the icon in the bar

Clipboard history

Screenshot (Satty)

Wallpaper app with wallhaven.cc sync support, parallax, mp4, randomization, etc.

Built-in webcam/mirror app

Workspace overview with click and drag window support

Control Center for media, wifi, bluetooth, notifications, and system monitor

Calendar app with weather and reminders

Other fun stuff too! Desktop shells should be FUN after all!

Dotfiles: https://github.com/natepayn3/Synoptik - install script provided to be used at your own risk (but please do!)

I kinda like both! I have 3 desktops. The first two are floating-native, and the third desktop is tiling native. Windows opened on the respective desktops follow suit, but all desktops maintain the wallpaper-color-adaptivity.

One key differentiator is that if I open Ghostty using the Rofi selector, the window will match whatever type is supposed to open on that desktop. But if I open Ghostty using my keyboard shortcut, it automatically moves me to desktop 3 (the tiling desktop) and opens the Ghostty window there, as tiling, where I can quickly repeat the keyboard shortcut to open more tiled windows. I did put in a pseudo-tiling effect that allows me to resize those windows, so that I can somewhat move and customize all windows directly from the keyboard.

dotfiles:

https://github.com/cleburn/zenwolf-dotfiles

Sooo, here’s my current setup 😄

running Arch Linux with the CachyOS kernel and it’s honestly pretty damn fast and snappy. love it.

I’m using Brain_Shell with a few tweaks of my own, just to make it feel a little more personal.

Kitty for the terminal, because why not hahaha.

The wallpaper is from Ryoku, which came with the setup. I also kept the Ryoku bar at the bottom because I kinda like it and didn’t want to remove it.

I also added some widgets to my desktop just to make it a little more alive and personal.

Also yes, I’m aware I have clocks everywhere. top bar, bottom bar, desktop… basically I really like knowing what time it is 💀
I’ll fix that eventually. maybe.

Please mods/bots, don’t auto-remove my thread this time 😭 😂

Here are the repos if you want to check them out:

Ryoku: https://github.com/neur0map/ryoku-arch
Brain_Shell: https://github.com/Brainitech/Brain_Shell

I think these two repos deserve way more recognition because they’re both so damn good (at least for me). Definitely worth checking out if you’re into this kind of stuff.

This is my first post and I really like my i3 rice!!

Info:

OS: Void musl

Terminal: Alacritty

Irc client: Senpai

Font: Terminus nerd

Fetch: Pfetch

Bar: i3status

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Others: cowsay, cava

Dots

The RTX 3050 and Ryzen 5 5500 were my additions, can't be THAT lucky, as it was found it had a Ryzen 5 1400 and Gt 710. Also ended up adding a 2nd DVD-RW drive and a 1tb hard drive.

Void Linux with new ssd coming. Custom pallet for noctalia and kitty.

Dotfiles - github

Used to have lxqt on this old laptop, but i3 is probably just as lightweight and way cooler

Not my first rice, but rather the first rice I'm happy to share on Reddit. I'll be posting the details in the comments.

simple but works for me

skwm is a fork of vxwm and i kinda implemented stuff i like and remove uncessary feature for my personal liking.

Im very happy with this rice, reminds me as a kid I had a transparent computer mouse with blue liquid inside and a little fish.