Hey all! Thought I’d start this discussion to see how you all go about customizing your systems.

I’ve been using a mostly default system for a while, both on my work and personal laptops, because at a certain point the whole customization thing just became too much work, I lost configs and I never really felt like spending much time on it anymore.

At a point I might’ve had a cool look going, but I was never able to get all of my programs using it correctly (GTK vs QT problems if I remember correctly), there was no good obvious way to backup my configs and transitioning them to a new system.

And I know that some tools have popped up in the meantime to make this whole process easier, but being away from it all for a while, I’m sure whatever used to be cool a few years ago has been replaced by something else now.

So I’m interested to know how you go about customizing your systems.

• Do you use any tools to auto generate configs or color schemes?

• What is your general workflow when you start customizing?

• Do you use any backup methods and keep your rices stored/archived, or do you just toss everything out and start anew whenever you feel bored?

• When you set up a new system or distro, do you immediately customize the hell out of it, or do you slowly change things as you go?

Cheers!