The Wikipedia definition seems to indicate it has origins as a racist term and I’ve never understood why unix users have adopted this terms instead of something benign like “themes” or “theming” which I remember being in use long before I ever heard “rice”. So what gives? Why use “rice” instead of “theme”?

  • aaron_griffin@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The term comes from car modifications, when people would modify Japanese cars. Folks called them “rice burners” and it evolves from there.

    I have never heard this in the Linux community, though, so it might just be a you thing