read the manual pages and documentation for your window manager of choice
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I spent a long time using gnome, and attempted repeatedly to squeeze the looks I wanted out of it. Global opacity was the last straw that made it comically crashy.
Moved to Hyprland, struggled for a week or so memorizing keybinds and getting used to WM life, and I’ll never look back.
You check existing themes and mix and match what you like, at least that's what i did before i kept mostly the defaults. What desktop environment are you using?
Hyprland
It seems like it's the best, alongside maomaowm (now called mango), according to the lemmings and rices i've seen.
I heard good things about it, i think it's a good choice!
How it is in terms of security compared to a fully fledged desktop environment such as Gnome that is praised by security projects like GrapheneOS and SecureBlue?
Ricing?
Theming you system, like with a wallpaper, application launcher, taskbar, icons etc.
This is the third definition for that term I have learned. The other two are turning other veggies, such as broccoli and cauliflower, into rice like pellets, and souping up Japanese sports cars.
it's derived from the second one
I try to choose a theme, like forests, sea, brutalism, some animal, an editor colorscheme, a greometric pattern and go from there.
I started out with a TWM so I had to.