Hey all! Thought I’d start this discussion to see how you all go about customizing your systems.

I’ve been using a mostly default system for a while, both on my work and personal laptops, because at a certain point the whole customization thing just became too much work, I lost configs and I never really felt like spending much time on it anymore.

At a point I might’ve had a cool look going, but I was never able to get all of my programs using it correctly (GTK vs QT problems if I remember correctly), there was no good obvious way to backup my configs and transitioning them to a new system.

And I know that some tools have popped up in the meantime to make this whole process easier, but being away from it all for a while, I’m sure whatever used to be cool a few years ago has been replaced by something else now.

So I’m interested to know how you go about customizing your systems.

  • Do you use any tools to auto generate configs or color schemes?

  • What is your general workflow when you start customizing?

  • Do you use any backup methods and keep your rices stored/archived, or do you just toss everything out and start anew whenever you feel bored?

  • When you set up a new system or distro, do you immediately customize the hell out of it, or do you slowly change things as you go?

Cheers!

  • themoonisacheese
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    1 year ago

    I’m not a unix pornograph pro by any means, but I usually do things by hand. If I want an automation, I will make it by hand.

    I don’t have a workflow, as I don’t usually set out to “make something”. It’s just that I want my desktop to show/look/do things a certain way and I will make it do that, and pile it on top of all the other times I’ve done this.

    No backups but I am generally terrible at keeping backups.

    I generally don’t distro hop. When I get a new system I try to port some things that have become integral to my use of any system, and I generally end up with a different config over time by doing step 2 on that system.