Linux Ricing

Linux Ricing is the aesthetic associated with modifying and personalizing the aesthetics of Linux or similar operating system. Common themes include: vintage anime aesthetics (such as Serial Experiments Lain and vaporwave), and nostalgia for the bygone early internet and UNIX era. Luke Smith, a prominent figure in the online "Linux community" (although he would sarcastically denounce this title) focuses on reconnecting with nature, digital freedom and our relationship with technology and its connotations. This can be seen in his computer choice, where old ThinkPads (highly repairable and librebootable laptops) are preferred over modern laptops. 
Command line programs are also encouraged over traditional desktop environments, such as tiling window managers, that are very popular in this community.
==Politics==
The political alignment of this aesthetic is varied and strange with socialists, Nazis, libertarians, and femboys somehow coexisting within the same FOSS community.
== Gallery ==
File:FHSPZWIwTvKx-tpE9TJRtI3SGY7dGe8LDQXTsRQQWik.webp||Luke Smith around 2018-ish
File:Pubsq491zj281.webp|Femboy archlinux setup
File:Tumblr 62749079c4564d1ebda9b1e11d54f626 c5841c33 1280.jpg|Serial Experiments Lain
File:Vimchad.jpg|Luke Smith teaching some good ol' VIM.
File:Screenshot 2022-08-07 193632.png|Serial Experiments Lain archlinux setup.
Category:Joke Aesthetic
Category:Candidates for Deletion
Category:Nostalgia/Nostalgic