X-Git-Url: https://iankelling.org/git/?p=distro-setup;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=a4a6885e58c456665a59327cd66d702d5078b910;hp=41e942a2a5a54554642a9d8c8c479abdc85a17ad;hb=8a6b446c7e336596af614c853e1c6177e55a7983;hpb=c98dd160c8d6e9c3845cae1843f365e6cb18eae3 diff --git a/README b/README index 41e942a..a4a6885 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ -Scripts to setup distros how I like +~4k loc bash, configs for my computers Initial os install is also automated using a separate repo called -automated-distro-installer, also at iankelling.org/git. +automated-distro-installer, also at iankelling.org/git. Beyond the +initial bare os, the rest is automated from scripts in this repo. This is not meant for other people to run verbatum, but for them to read and copy the good parts. It has dependencies on other repos at https://iankelling.org/git. - -The main thing missing is any automation for the directory structure -those repos live in. So you would need to lookout for paths starting with -/a and adjust them. +The main thing missing for someone else to use things is the expected +location of repos in the filesystem. So you would need to lookout for +paths starting with /a and adjust them. Background: reasoning behind using /a: The home directory is typically used for local software development, but I use paths like /a instead, @@ -26,15 +26,11 @@ username. If it ever got packaged for a gnu/linux distro, it would rely on a hardcoded path with no username in it, so let's just do that. 2. The home directory is inconvenient. It's filled with a bunch of junk -you don't care about, which makes directory listing horible, makes it so +you don't care about, which makes directory listing horrible, makes it so you can't back it up easily (for example, gvfs mountpoint in it breaks lots of things), and has things you don't want to backup. So, you could use a subdirectory. But typing /s is much faster than ~/s and in every root context, /home/username/s. -With that established, some more details of what directories I use. I -have a data filesystem, and if the system has ssd & hdd, I have 2 data -filesystems. I mount them to single letter root directories, and then -split them into data I do and don't mind being public, then bind mount -them to other single letter directories. When I'm working on something a -lot, I symlink it to another top level directory. \ No newline at end of file +Please email me if you have a patches, bugs, feedback, or republish this +somewhere else: Ian Kelling .