Another approach entirely is to use pam_mount(8) which can automatically mount a disc on login. I use it to mount /home/$USER (obviously this couldn't be used to mount the root fs !!)
StrangeAstronomer
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I find the various linters and checkers a bit too intrusive while I'm trying to code - I prefer to just have a check when I stop fiddling with the code and save it. So I have these checks run in after-save-hook - if there are errors, I get a popup otherwise nothing and all is good:
;; ** syntax checking on file save:
(defun bh/check-syntax ()
"Check syntax for various languages."
(when (eq major-mode 'emacs-lisp-mode)
(ignore-errors (kill-buffer byte-compile-log-buffer))
(let ((byte-compile-warnings '(not free-vars obsolete unresolved)))
(unless (byte-compile-file buffer-file-name)
(pop-to-buffer byte-compile-log-buffer))))
(when (eq major-mode 'sh-mode)
(compile (format "bash -n %s && shellcheck -f gcc %s" buffer-file-name buffer-file-name) t))
(when (eq major-mode 'ruby-mode)
(compile (format "ruby -c %s" buffer-file-name) t))
(when (eq major-mode 'python-mode)
(compile (format "python -B -m py_compile %s" buffer-file-name) t))
(when (eq major-mode 'awk-mode)
(compile (format "AWKPATH=$PATH gawk --lint --source 'BEGIN { exit(0) } END { exit(0) }' --file %s" buffer-file-name) t)))
(add-hook 'after-save-hook #'bh/check-syntax)
I don't work much with json files but I daresay the idea could be extended to them. Sorry about the crappy elisp.
virt-manager for the win!
"64-128mb ram" is hardly "low memory"!
You can't avoid IBM/RedHat - they contribute to the kernel and many, many other parts of Linux eg systemd. I have no idea what you mean by DIY distros, what a peculiar adjective in this context. Linux itself is DIY. Life is DIY.
That said, voidlinux is an independent distro without systemd or snaps based on runit for init and xbps for package management. It's also a STABLE rolling release.
waybar is good
scrcpy for android connectivity; syncthing to get files to and fro android (and any other linux system)
clipman for clipboard manager
wallpaper - whatever for? with a TWM you rarely see the background
emacs - because it's life (I jest)
Can't believe no-one mentioned voidlinux yet. It's very tasty.
waypipe - yes. But also wayvnc - I've been using wayvnc for a couple of years to export a headless wayland session from a file server. FOr my sins I use vncviewer on XWayland to consume it as it still seems to be the fastest.
To imply that systemd is merely an init system is ingenuous at best and dishonest at worst - systemd is so much more than an init system, as that article mentioned. Since the article was written in 2014 systemd has grown massively in scope, even more than the author feared.
It manages DNS, home directories, system services, seat managment, cron, system logging, booting... the list is ever growing. As such many people fear it is becoming too dominant through making more and more software dependent on it. It is not atomic - it is very difficult to have just one piece of systemd as its parts are tightly integrated and inter-dependent.
One could even claim that systemd failed in it's original remit - to make startup as fast as macOS by running tasks in parallel and by deferring service startup until they are actually needed. The result has been a not very performant init system - many init systems are faster eg runit, dinit. The systemd people now claim that speed is not a design goal.
It is, however, open source and very widely adopted. Most people don't care - they just want to run their browser and word processor.
Wow! Just wow!