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@@ -7,32 +7,33 @@ draft: false
 
 ## Introduction
 
-I have been using [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/) for quite a longtime now. I
-have used [Debian](https://www.debian.org/) in the past and [Manjaro](https://manjaro.org/).
-Also had [Arch](https://archlinux.org/) for some time and even ran 
-[Gentoo](https://www.gentoo.org/) way back.
+I have been using [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/) for quite a longtime now. I have
+used [Debian](https://www.debian.org/) in the past and
+[Manjaro](https://manjaro.org/).  Also had [Arch](https://archlinux.org/) for
+some time and even ran [Gentoo](https://www.gentoo.org/) way back.
 
 What I learned from all this is that I prefer running a bit older versions and
-having them be stable than run bleeding edge rolling release. For that reason,
-I stuck with Ubuntu for a couple of years now. I am also at a point in my life
-where I just don't care what is cool or hip anymore. I just want a stable
-system that doesn't get in my way.
+having them be stable than run bleeding edge rolling release. For that reason, I
+stuck with Ubuntu for a couple of years now. I am also at a point in my life
+where I just don't care what is cool or hip anymore. I just want a stable system
+that doesn't get in my way.
 
-During all this, I noticed that these distributions were getting very bloated 
+During all this, I noticed that these distributions were getting very bloated
 and a lot of software got included that I usually uninstall on fresh
-installation. Maybe this is my OCD speaking, but why do I have to give fresh 
-installation min 1 GB of ram out of the box just to have a blank screen in
-front of me? I get it, there are many things included in the distro to make my
-life easier. I understand. But at this point I have a feeling that modern Linux 
-distributions are becoming similar to [Node.js project with node_modules](https://devhumor.com/content/uploads/images/August2017/node-modules.jpg). 
-Just a crazy number of packages serving very little or no purpose, just 
+installation. Maybe this is my OCD speaking, but why do I have to give fresh
+installation min 1 GB of ram out of the box just to have a blank screen in front
+of me? I get it, there are many things included in the distro to make my life
+easier. I understand. But at this point I have a feeling that modern Linux
+distributions are becoming similar to [Node.js project with
+node_modules](https://devhumor.com/content/uploads/images/August2017/node-modules.jpg).
+Just a crazy number of packages serving very little or no purpose, just
 supporting other software.
 
 I felt I needed a fresh start. To start over with something minimal and clean.
 Something that would put a little more joy into using a computer again.
 
-For the first version, I wanted to target the following machines I have at
-home that I want this thing to work on.
+For the first version, I wanted to target the following machines I have at home
+that I want this thing to work on.
 
 ```yaml
 # My main stationary work machine
@@ -52,11 +53,11 @@ Memory: 15891MiB
 
 ## How should I approach this?
 
-I knew I wanted to use [minimal Debian netinst ](https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/) 
-for the base to give myself a head start. No reason to go through changing the
-installer and also testing all that behemoth of a thing. So, some sort of
-ricing was the only logical option to get this thing of the grounds somewhat
-quickly.
+I knew I wanted to use [minimal Debian netinst
+](https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/) for the base to give myself a head
+start. No reason to go through changing the installer and also testing all that
+behemoth of a thing. So, some sort of ricing was the only logical option to get
+this thing of the grounds somewhat quickly.
 
 > **What is ricing anyway?**
 > The term “RICE” stands for Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement. A group of 
@@ -66,9 +67,9 @@ quickly.
 > than others... For more information, read this article 
 > [What in the world is ricing!?](https://pesos.github.io/2020/07/14/what-is-ricing.html).
 
-I didn't want this to just be a set of config files for theming purpose. I 
+I didn't want this to just be a set of config files for theming purpose. I
 wanted this to include a set of pre-installed tools and services that are being
-used all the time by a modern developer. Theming is just a tiny part of it. 
+used all the time by a modern developer. Theming is just a tiny part of it.
 Fonts being applied across the distro and things like that.
 
 First, I choose terminal installer and left it to load additional components.
@@ -87,10 +88,9 @@ downloaded from the internet during installation.
 
 ![](/assets/dfd-rice/install-02.png)
 
-
-I opted out of the popularity contest, and **now comes the important part**. 
-Uncheck all the boxes in Software selection and only leave 'standard system 
-utilities'. I also left an SSH server, so I was able to log in to the machine 
+I opted out of the popularity contest, and **now comes the important part**.
+Uncheck all the boxes in Software selection and only leave 'standard system
+utilities'. I also left an SSH server, so I was able to log in to the machine
 from my main PC.
 
 ![](/assets/dfd-rice/install-03.png)
@@ -100,50 +100,49 @@ system.
 
 ![](/assets/dfd-rice/install-04.png)
 
-That concluded the installation of base Debian and after restarting the 
-computer I was prompted with the login screen.
+That concluded the installation of base Debian and after restarting the computer
+I was prompted with the login screen.
 
 ![](/assets/dfd-rice/install-05.png)
 
 Now that I had the base installation, it was time to choose what software do I
-want to include in this so-called distribution. I wanted out of the box 
+want to include in this so-called distribution. I wanted out of the box
 developer experience, so I had plenty to choose.
 
 Let's not waste time and go through the list.
 
 ## Desktop environments
 
-I have been using [Gnome](https://www.gnome.org/) for my whole Linux life. 
-From version 2 forward. It's been quite a ride. I hated version 3 when it 
-came out and replaced version 2. But I got used to it. And now with version 
-40+ they also made couple of changes which I found both frustrating and 
-presently surprised.
+I have been using [Gnome](https://www.gnome.org/) for my whole Linux life.  From
+version 2 forward. It's been quite a ride. I hated version 3 when it came out
+and replaced version 2. But I got used to it. And now with version 40+ they also
+made couple of changes which I found both frustrating and presently surprised.
 
-The amount of vertical space you loose because of the beefy title bars on 
-windows is ridiculous. And then in case of [Tilix](https://gnunn1.github.io/tilix-web/)
-you also have tabs, and you are 100px deep. Vertical space is one of the most
-important things for a developer. The more real estate you have, the more 
-code you can have in a viewport.
+The amount of vertical space you loose because of the beefy title bars on
+windows is ridiculous. And then in case of
+[Tilix](https://gnunn1.github.io/tilix-web/) you also have tabs, and you are
+100px deep. Vertical space is one of the most important things for a
+developer. The more real estate you have, the more code you can have in a
+viewport.
 
-But on the other hand, I still love how Gnome feels and looks. I gotta give 
-them that. They really are trying to make Gnome feel unified and modern.
+But on the other hand, I still love how Gnome feels and looks. I gotta give them
+that. They really are trying to make Gnome feel unified and modern.
 
-Regardless of all the nice things Gnome has, I was looking at the tiling 
-window managers for some time, but never had the nerve to actually go with 
-it. But now was the ideal time to give it a go. No guts, no glory kind of
-a thing.
+Regardless of all the nice things Gnome has, I was looking at the tiling window
+managers for some time, but never had the nerve to actually go with it. But now
+was the ideal time to give it a go. No guts, no glory kind of a thing.
 
 One of the requirements for me was easy custom layouts because I use a really
-strange monitor with aspect ratio of 32:9. So relying on included layouts
-most of them have is a non-starter.
+strange monitor with aspect ratio of 32:9. So relying on included layouts most
+of them have is a non-starter.
 
-What I was doing in Gnome was having windows in a layout like the diagram 
-below. This is my common practice. And if you look at it you can clearly see 
-I was replicating tiling window manager setup in Gnome.
+What I was doing in Gnome was having windows in a layout like the diagram
+below. This is my common practice. And if you look at it you can clearly see I
+was replicating tiling window manager setup in Gnome.
 
 ![](/assets/dfd-rice/layout.png)
 
-That made me look into a bunch of tiling window managers and then tested them 
+That made me look into a bunch of tiling window managers and then tested them
 out. Candidates I was looking at were:
 
 - [i3](https://i3wm.org/)
@@ -154,18 +153,20 @@ out. Candidates I was looking at were:
 - [Qtile](http://www.qtile.org/)
 - [dwm](https://dwm.suckless.org/)
 
-You can also check article [13 Best Tiling Window Managers for Linux](https://www.tecmint.com/best-tiling-window-managers-for-linux/) 
-I was referencing while testing them out.
+You can also check article [13 Best Tiling Window Managers for
+Linux](https://www.tecmint.com/best-tiling-window-managers-for-linux/) I was
+referencing while testing them out.
 
-While all of them provided what I needed, I liked i3 the most. What particular 
-caught my eye was the ease to use and tree based layouts which allows flexible 
+While all of them provided what I needed, I liked i3 the most. What particular
+caught my eye was the ease to use and tree based layouts which allows flexible
 layouts. I know others can be set up also to have custom layouts other than  
 spiral, dwindle etc. I think i3 is a good entry-level window manager for 
 somebody like me.
 
 ## Batteries included
 
-The source for the whole thing is located on Github https://github.com/mitjafelicijan/dfd-rice.
+The source for the whole thing is located on Github
+https://github.com/mitjafelicijan/dfd-rice.
 
 Currenly included:
 
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ Currenly included:
 - `docker` (with docker-compose)
 - `ansible`
 
-Install script also allows you to install only specific packages (example for: 
+Install script also allows you to install only specific packages (example for:
 essentials ohmybash docker rust).
 
 ```sh
@@ -202,10 +203,10 @@ su - root \
     essentials ohmybash docker rust
 ```
 
-Currently, most of these recipes use what Debian and this is totally fine with 
-me since I never use bleeding edge features of a package. But if something 
-major would come to light, I will replace it with a possible compilation
-script or something similar.
+Currently, most of these recipes use what Debian and this is totally fine with
+me since I never use bleeding edge features of a package. But if something major
+would come to light, I will replace it with a possible compilation script or
+something similar.
 
 This is some of the output from the installation script.
 
@@ -232,11 +233,11 @@ systemctl status docker --no-pager
 
 ### Making bash pretty
 
-I really like [Oh My Zsh](https://ohmyz.sh/), but I don't like zsh shell. 
-When I used it, I constantly needed to be aware of it and running bash scripts
-was a pain. So, I was really delighted when I found out that a version for 
-bash existed called [Oh My Bash](https://ohmybash.nntoan.com/). Let's take a 
-look at the recipe for installing it.
+I really like [Oh My Zsh](https://ohmyz.sh/), but I don't like zsh shell.  When
+I used it, I constantly needed to be aware of it and running bash scripts was a
+pain. So, I was really delighted when I found out that a version for bash
+existed called [Oh My Bash](https://ohmybash.nntoan.com/). Let's take a look at
+the recipe for installing it.
 
 ```sh
 # ohmybash
@@ -246,29 +247,29 @@ T1=${!}
 wait ${T1}
 ```
 
-Because OhMyBash does `exec bash` at the end, this traps our script inside 
-another shell and our script cannot continue.  For that reason, I executed 
-this in background. But that presents a new problem. Because this is executed
-in background, we lose track of progress naturally. And that strange trick
-with `T1=${!}` and `wait ${T1}` waits for the background process to finish 
-before continuing to another task in bash script.
+Because OhMyBash does `exec bash` at the end, this traps our script inside
+another shell and our script cannot continue.  For that reason, I executed this
+in background. But that presents a new problem. Because this is executed in
+background, we lose track of progress naturally. And that strange trick with
+`T1=${!}` and `wait ${T1}` waits for the background process to finish before
+continuing to another task in bash script.
 
 Check [Multi-Threaded Processing in Bash Scripts](https://www.cloudsavvyit.com/12277/how-to-use-multi-threaded-processing-in-bash-scripts/)
 for more details.
 
 ## Conclusion
 
-Take a look at https://github.com/mitjafelicijan/dfd-rice/blob/develop/tools/install.sh 
-script to get familiar with it. This is just a first iteration and I will 
-continue to update it because I need this in my life.
+Take a look at
+https://github.com/mitjafelicijan/dfd-rice/blob/develop/tools/install.sh script
+to get familiar with it. This is just a first iteration and I will continue to
+update it because I need this in my life.
 
-The current version boots in 4s to the login prompt, and after you log in,
-the desktop environment loads in 2s. So, its fast, very fast. And on clean 
-boot, I measured ~230 MB of RAM usage.
+The current version boots in 4s to the login prompt, and after you log in, the
+desktop environment loads in 2s. So, its fast, very fast. And on clean boot, I
+measured ~230 MB of RAM usage.
 
-And this is how it looks with two terminals side by side. I really like the 
+And this is how it looks with two terminals side by side. I really like the
 simplicity and clean interface. I will polish the colors and stuff like that,
 but I really do like the results.
 
 ![](/assets/dfd-rice/desktop.png)
-