X-Git-Url: https://iankelling.org/git/?p=distro-setup;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=a4a6885e58c456665a59327cd66d702d5078b910;hp=fe7511a2e4fc117be4555d1209ec5b55cbb49a3a;hb=0b6d44c7f3d567e0a26138509c8a24cb57c69b50;hpb=efcd10d3b49c93cc3f6a8ae8276dcc1607cb2574 diff --git a/README b/README index fe7511a..a4a6885 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ -~2.5 lines of Bash to setup all my computers +~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, @@ -31,3 +31,6 @@ 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. + +Please email me if you have a patches, bugs, feedback, or republish this +somewhere else: Ian Kelling .