# about

This is an "rsync repo tracked with git" for my dotfiles; see
"context" section at the end for more detail.

It essentially contains the minimal set of deviations from "Devuan
with LXDE" defaults that I require in order to not find the computer
to be an active hindrance to my productivity:

# new system config

## devuan

- SSH config:

  - copy `id_rsa.pub` from laptop
  - edit `/etc/ssh/sshd_config` to sane defaults
  - in particular:

    1. disable root login
    2. disable password login

- sudo: add `pharpend` to `sudo` group:

      # apt install sudo
      # usermod -aG pharpend sudo

- firefox:
      % sudo apt install firefox

  - rsync firefox passwords
  - add to firefox

- dotfiles:

      % sudo apt install git
      % mkdir ~/gho
      % cd ~/gho
      % git clone https://git.harpending.org/pharpend/dotfiles-ii.git

- tmux:

    % sudo apt install tmux
    % cp ~/gho/dotfiles-ii/tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf

- zsh:

    % sudo apt install zsh zsh-syntax-highlighting
    % cp ~/gho/dotfiles-ii/zshrc ~/.zshrc
    % chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh

- vim:

    % sudo apt install vim vim-pathogen
    % 


## freebsd

- copy `id_rsa.pub`
- enable ssh sysadmin:

      # pw groupmod wheel -m pharpend

- basic shell utilities

      # pkg install tmux zsh vim rsync git lynx tree bash

- basic graphical environment

      # pkg install \
              xorg i3 terminator rxvt-unicode dmenu \
              liberation-fonts-ttf pulseaudio parcellite dunst \
              nitrogen redshift firefox-esr fantasque-sans-mono \
              emacs pcmanfm pavucontrol spectacle plasma6-spectacle \
              scrot vlc viewnior gthumb \

              linux-brave
              chromium
              iridium

- Erlang/zx

      # pkg install \
            erlang erlang-wx

# context

- I set up new machines pretty frequently
- This has endowed me with a strong preference for low-maintenance
  operating systems with sane defaults
- The idea here is to have the "minimal" set of dotfiles where I can
  clone this repo and just copy everything to its location on the new
  machine
- I have found that the system of directly symlinking my dotfiles
  from the git repo to the local machine is more trouble than it's
  worth, due to high volume of per-machine diffs.
- e.g. laptop needs battery charge info in i3status bar config,
  desktop machine doesn't; there's a million little things like that
  that differ from one machine to another
- like i said, this is the set of things that despite my best efforts

- In the past I used Gentoo and Arch Linux and and and and...
- That was fun and fulfilling when I was 17 and I had no serious
  responsibilities in my life.
- to be clear, the "I use Arch BTW" phase was an extremely valuable
  period in which I learned the skills on which I now rely on a day
  to day basis. 
- However I'm now in my 30s, and, for better or for worse, I have
  aged out of finding Arch Linux interesting.
- I just can't bring myself to care about the operating system for
  its own sake any more.
- I have converged on "Devuan for everything" because it annoys me
  the least
- In the past it was "Ubuntu for everything" but replacing the GNU
  coreutils with the Rust coreutils (why?) was the straw that broke
  the camel's back for me.
- I don't know why systemd or snaps weren't that straw