Guides, palettes and dotfiles for Linux desktops, terminals and editors, and a free Generator that turns any wallpaper into a palette and matching configs.https://ricetheme.comen-ushello@ricetheme.com (Jonah Pelletier)https://ricetheme.com/blog/best-terminal-emulator-for-linuxhttps://ricetheme.com/blog/best-terminal-emulator-for-linuxkitty, Ghostty, foot, Alacritty and WezTerm compared on what a rice needs: Wayland, tabs and splits, images, ligatures, config and themes, with a pick by setup.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTerminalterminal-emulatorkittyghosttyfootalacrittyhttps://ricetheme.com/blog/color-scheme-from-wallpaperhttps://ricetheme.com/blog/color-scheme-from-wallpaperHow pywal16, wallust and matugen turn a wallpaper into a color scheme, which fits your rice, how to wire it into your apps, and when a fixed palette is better.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTColor & Typecolor-schemeswallpaperspywalwallustmatugenhttps://ricetheme.com/blog/how-to-change-colorscheme-in-neovimhttps://ricetheme.com/blog/how-to-change-colorscheme-in-neovimTry a scheme with :colorscheme, install it with vim.pack, lazy.nvim or LazyVim, make it stick in init.lua, and match Neovim to the palette of your terminal.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEditorsneovimcolorschemevim-packlazy-nvimtmuxhttps://ricetheme.com/blog/how-to-install-nerd-fonts-on-linuxhttps://ricetheme.com/blog/how-to-install-nerd-fonts-on-linuxPick the right Nerd Font variant, install it from packages or by hand, check it with fc-list, set its exact name in your apps and fix icons that show as boxes.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTColor & Typenerd-fontsfontsfontconfigterminalwaybarhttps://ricetheme.com/blog/how-to-make-a-terminal-color-schemehttps://ricetheme.com/blog/how-to-make-a-terminal-color-schemeBuild a terminal palette from scratch: a background and text, sixteen ANSI colors evened out in OKLCH and checked for contrast, then loaded and made light too.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTColor & Typecolor-schemesterminalansi-colorscontrastoklchhttps://ricetheme.com/blog/how-to-manage-dotfiles-with-gnu-stowhttps://ricetheme.com/blog/how-to-manage-dotfiles-with-gnu-stowKeep configs in a git repo and let Stow link them into place: dry runs, tree folding, conflicts and --adopt, secrets kept out, and a rebuild on a new machine.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDotfilesgnu-stowdotfilesgitsymlinkshttps://ricetheme.com/blog/how-to-rice-linuxhttps://ricetheme.com/blog/how-to-rice-linuxThe order to rice a Linux desktop without breaking it: a way back first, then each piece from window manager to lock screen, with its config file and a check.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDesktopsricingtiling-window-managerswaylanddotfilesbeginnershttps://ricetheme.com/blog/how-to-set-up-multiple-monitors-in-swayhttps://ricetheme.com/blog/how-to-set-up-multiple-monitors-in-swayFind the name sway gives each screen, place it in logical pixels, pin workspaces to it and let kanshi switch layouts when you dock a laptop.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDesktopsswaymulti-monitorwaylandkanshihttps://ricetheme.com/blog/hyprland-vs-sway-vs-niri-vs-i3https://ricetheme.com/blog/hyprland-vs-sway-vs-niri-vs-i3How Hyprland, sway, niri and i3 tile, how each is configured and reloaded, and what their own docs say about effects and NVIDIA, with a pick for each setup.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDesktopshyprlandswaynirii3tiling-window-managershttps://ricetheme.com/blog/wayland-vs-x11-for-ricinghttps://ricetheme.com/blog/wayland-vs-x11-for-ricingWhere GNOME, Plasma, Xfce and Cinnamon stand now, which X11 tools a rice swaps on Wayland, from picom to xdotool, and the cases where X11 still fits.Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTLinuxwaylandx11xwaylandcompositors