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-title: Debian based riced up distribution for Developers and DevOps folks
-url: debian-based-riced-up-distribution-for-developers-and-devops-folks.html
-date: 2021-12-03T12:00:00+02:00
-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.
-
-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.
-
-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
-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.
-
-```yaml
-# My main stationary work machine
-Resolution: 3840x1080 (Super Ultrawide Monitor 32:9)
-CPU: Intel i7-8700 (12) @ 4.600GHz
-GPU: AMD ATI Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590
-Memory: 32020MiB
-```
-
-```yaml
-# Thinkpad x220 for testing things and goofing around
-Resolution: 1366x768
-CPU: Intel i5-2520M (4) @ 3.200GHz
-GPU: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family
-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.
-
-> **What is ricing anyway?**
-> The term “RICE” stands for Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement. A group of 
-> people (could be one, idk) decided to see if they could tweak their own 
-> distros like they/others did their cars. This gave rise to a community of
-> Linux/Unix enthusiasts trying to make their distros look cooler and better 
-> 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
-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.
-Fonts being applied across the distro and things like that.
-
-First, I choose terminal installer and left it to load additional components.
-Avoid using graphical installer in this case.
-
-![](/assets/dfd-rice/install-00.png)
-
-After that I selected hostname and created a normal user and set password for
-that user and root user and choose guided mode for disk partitioning.
-
-![](/assets/dfd-rice/install-01.png)
-
-I left it run to install all the things required for the base system and opted
-out of scanning additional media for use by the package manager. Those will be
-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
-from my main PC.
-
-![](/assets/dfd-rice/install-03.png)
-
-At this point, I installed GRUB bootloader on the disk where I installed the
-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.
-
-![](/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
-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.
-
-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.
-
-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.
-
-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
-out. Candidates I was looking at were:
-
-- [i3](https://i3wm.org/)
-- [bspwm](https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm)
-- [awesome](https://awesomewm.org/index.html)
-- [XMonad](https://xmonad.org/)
-- [sway](https://swaywm.org/)
-- [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.
-
-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.
-
-Currenly included:
-
-- `non-free` (enables non-free packages in apt)
-- `sudo` (adds sudo and adds user to sudo group)
-- `essentials` (gcc, htop, zip, curl, etc...)
-- `wifi` (network manager nmtui)
-- `desktop` (i3, dmenu, fonts, configurations)
-- `pulseaudio` (pulseaudio with pavucontrol)
-- `code-editors` (vim, micro, vscode)
-- `ohmybash` (make bash pretty)
-- `file-managers` (mc)
-- `git-ui` (terminal git gui)
-- `meld` (diff tool)
-- `profiling` (kcachegrind, valgrind, strace, ltrace)
-- `browsers` (brave, firefox, chromium)
-- programming languages:
-  - `python`
-  - `golang`
-  - `nodejs`
-  - `rust`
-  - `nim`
-  - `php`
-  - `ruby`
-- `docker` (with docker-compose)
-- `ansible`
-
-Install script also allows you to install only specific packages (example for:
-essentials ohmybash docker rust).
-
-```sh
-su - root \
-    bash -c "$(wget -q https://raw.github.com/mitjafelicijan/dfd-rice/master/tools/install.sh -O -)" -- \
-    essentials ohmybash docker rust
-```
-
-Currently, most of these recipes use what Debian and this is totally fine with
-me since I never use bleeding edge features of a package. But if something major
-would come to light, I will replace it with a possible compilation script or
-something similar.
-
-This is some of the output from the installation script.
-
-![](/assets/dfd-rice/script.png)
-
-Let's take a look at some examples in the installation script.
-
-### Docker recipe
-
-```sh
-# docker
-print_header "Installing Docker"
-curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | gpg --yes --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg
-echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
-apt update
-apt -y install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose
-
-systemctl start docker
-systemctl enable docker
-systemctl status docker --no-pager
-
-/sbin/usermod -aG docker $USERNAME
-```
-
-### 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.
-
-```sh
-# ohmybash
-print_header "Enabling OhMyBash"
-sudo -u $USERNAME sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmybash/oh-my-bash/master/tools/install.sh)" &
-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.
-
-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.
-
-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
-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)