I got general pc autism, so I find myself doing it as a fun thing for any pc I use. Quick maintenance just brings me quick joy

You'll make custom changes that you'll forget about. These changes will fuck up your day eventually.

I've only briefly dabbled with Linux, but during the time I did I felt similarly. I (not sure if autism or ADHD causing it) hyperfixate on one hobby for a bit, then move onto another, and repeat.

I'm just like that and I really recommend NixOS. it's configuration is based on files written in the Nix programming language. You can have all your configuration on a single place, even for user programs with HomeManager.

And, since it's a programming language, you can make it execute stuff, like reading a directory and doing something based on that!

I used to be like that until 2010, then I became a software engineer focused on Linux development. Now my personal setups are whatever works out of the box, sometimes I may change the wallpaper.

Yep, one of my fixations is tweaking anything to be marginally more efficient (for a very narrow, personal definition of "efficient" 😉).

i just got into trying to customize niri but man, i don't think i have the configuration file autism at all. i just threw on noctalia shell and called it a day.

i am trying to beat my head against the wall of configuring a waybar on my other machine tho. the CSS isn't CSS-ing so now all the components on the right side are smushed together.

Its how computers made me feel as a kid. Linux made me love computing again.

So many people view it as a chore because of m$ and apple ruining the experience. The love of tinkering is being degraded in everything and people become impatient and never satisfied.

So glad we have Linux !