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</head> </head>
<body class="line-numbers"> <body class="line-numbers">
<h1 id="checking-out-blendos">Checking out blendOS</h1> <h1 id="checking-out-blendos">Checking out blendOS</h1>
<hr />
<p>WARNING: This page is a work-in-progress, and is very
incomplete. Read at your own risk.</p>
<hr />
<p>blendOS is self-described as "Arch Linux, made declarative, <p>blendOS is self-described as "Arch Linux, made declarative,
immutable and atomic." And yeah, that's a pretty good immutable and atomic." And yeah, that's a pretty good
description of what it is. But you can never <em>really</em> description of what it is. But you can never <em>really</em>
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<p>I decided to just run blendOS in a virtual machine; I had a <p>I decided to just run blendOS in a virtual machine; I had a
bunch of data I hadn't backed up yet and was actively working bunch of data I hadn't backed up yet and was actively working
on, and didn't feeling like switching yet given I had no on, and didn't feeling like switching yet given I had no
experience with blendOS v4 - I've actually tried blendOS v3 experience with blendOS v4[^1] - I've actually tried blendOS v3
before, back when v4 was in alpha, but it had practically zero before, back when v4 was in alpha, but it had practically zero
documentation, not even <code>man</code> pages, so I gave up on documentation, not even <code>man</code> pages, so I gave up on
it very quickly. But with v4, hopefully it's improved since it very quickly. But with v4, hopefully it's improved since
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<span id="cb1-3"><a href="#cb1-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">track</span><span class="kw">:</span><span class="at"> default-gnome</span></span></code></pre></div> <span id="cb1-3"><a href="#cb1-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">track</span><span class="kw">:</span><span class="at"> default-gnome</span></span></code></pre></div>
<p>At first I wasn't sure what impl is doing, but it seems to be <p>At first I wasn't sure what impl is doing, but it seems to be
combined with the track to get the URL for the raw combined with the track to get the URL for the raw
<code>yaml</code> file<a href="#fn1" class="footnote-ref" <code>yaml</code> file[^1].</p>
id="fnref1" role="doc-noteref"><sup>1</sup></a>.</p>
<p>This is actually a really interesting bit <em>which isn't <p>This is actually a really interesting bit <em>which isn't
documented</em>, as it means you can just, say, host your own documented</em>, as it means you can just, say, host your own
track(s) for all your computers in a Git repo, and they can each track(s) for all your computers in a Git repo, and they can each
inherit from other configs<a href="#fn2" class="footnote-ref" inherit from other configs[^2] or be overridden locally; this
id="fnref2" role="doc-noteref"><sup>2</sup></a> or be overridden actually seems like a very interesting and viable way to
locally; this actually seems like a very interesting and viable centrally manage many computers running Linux, and given I'm
way to centrally manage many computers running Linux, and given constantly switching between several computers; I can just put
I'm constantly switching between several computers; I can just my config(s) in one repo, and pull from that.</p>
put my config(s) in one repo, and pull from that.</p>
<h2 id="configuration">Configuration</h2> <h2 id="configuration">Configuration</h2>
<p>blendOS's configuration is really simple:</p>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre
class="language-yaml"><code class="language-yaml"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">impl</span><span class="kw">:</span><span class="at"> http://github.com/blend-os/tracks/raw/main</span></span>
<span id="cb2-2"><a href="#cb2-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">repo</span><span class="kw">:</span><span class="at"> https://pkg-repo.blendos.co</span></span>
<span id="cb2-3"><a href="#cb2-3" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">track</span><span class="kw">:</span><span class="at"> default-gnome</span></span>
<span id="cb2-4"><a href="#cb2-4" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
<span id="cb2-5"><a href="#cb2-5" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">arch-repo</span><span class="kw">:</span><span class="at"> </span><span class="st">&#39;https://repo-goes-here.example&#39;</span></span>
<span id="cb2-6"><a href="#cb2-6" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
<span id="cb2-7"><a href="#cb2-7" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">packages</span><span class="kw">:</span></span>
<span id="cb2-8"><a href="#cb2-8" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="at"> </span><span class="kw">-</span><span class="at"> </span><span class="st">&#39;fish&#39;</span></span>
<span id="cb2-9"><a href="#cb2-9" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
<span id="cb2-10"><a href="#cb2-10" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">aur-packages</span><span class="kw">:</span></span>
<span id="cb2-11"><a href="#cb2-11" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="at"> </span><span class="kw">-</span><span class="at"> </span><span class="st">&#39;EVEN-MORE-FISH&#39;</span></span>
<span id="cb2-12"><a href="#cb2-12" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
<span id="cb2-13"><a href="#cb2-13" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">services</span><span class="kw">:</span></span>
<span id="cb2-14"><a href="#cb2-14" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="at"> </span><span class="kw">-</span><span class="at"> </span><span class="st">&#39;service-goes-here&#39;</span></span>
<span id="cb2-15"><a href="#cb2-15" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
<span id="cb2-16"><a href="#cb2-16" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">user-services</span><span class="kw">:</span></span>
<span id="cb2-17"><a href="#cb2-17" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="at"> </span><span class="kw">-</span><span class="at"> </span><span class="st">&#39;user-service-goes-here&#39;</span></span>
<span id="cb2-18"><a href="#cb2-18" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
<span id="cb2-19"><a href="#cb2-19" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">package-repos</span><span class="kw">:</span></span>
<span id="cb2-20"><a href="#cb2-20" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="at"> </span><span class="kw">-</span><span class="at"> </span><span class="fu">name</span><span class="kw">:</span><span class="at"> </span><span class="st">&#39;repo name&#39;</span></span>
<span id="cb2-21"><a href="#cb2-21" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="at"> </span><span class="fu">repo-url</span><span class="kw">:</span><span class="at"> </span><span class="st">&#39;https://repo.url&#39;</span></span>
<span id="cb2-22"><a href="#cb2-22" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a></span>
<span id="cb2-23"><a href="#cb2-23" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">commands</span><span class="kw">:</span></span>
<span id="cb2-24"><a href="#cb2-24" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="at"> </span><span class="st">&#39;echo hiiiiiii &gt; /home/user/helloooooo&#39;</span></span></code></pre></div>
<p>It's quite basic, but blendOS actually works very well for <p>It's quite basic, but blendOS actually works very well for
me; I already have a Git repo of <a me; I already have a Git repo of <a
href="https://git.askiiart.net/askiiart/configs">all my href="https://git.askiiart.net/askiiart/configs">all my
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post-install intro</a></li> post-install intro</a></li>
</ul> </ul>
<h2 id="footnotes">Footnotes</h2> <h2 id="footnotes">Footnotes</h2>
<aside id="footnotes" <ul>
class="footnotes footnotes-end-of-document" role="doc-endnotes"> <li>[^1] That is,
<hr />
<ol>
<li id="fn1"><p>That is,
<code>http://github.com/blend-os/tracks/raw/main</code> + <code>http://github.com/blend-os/tracks/raw/main</code> +
<code>/</code> + <code>default-gnome</code> + <code>/</code> + <code>default-gnome</code> +
<code>.yaml</code><a href="#fnref1" class="footnote-back" <code>.yaml</code></li>
role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li> <li>[^2] In the provided <code>blend-os/tracks</code> repo,
<li id="fn2"><p>In the provided <code>blend-os/tracks</code> <code>default-gnome</code> actually inherits from the
repo, <code>default-gnome</code> actually inherits from the <code>gnome</code> track.</li>
<code>gnome</code> track.<a href="#fnref2" class="footnote-back" </ul>
role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li>
</ol>
</aside>
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# Checking out blendOS # Checking out blendOS
---
WARNING: This page is a work-in-progress, and is very incomplete. Read at your own risk.
---
blendOS is self-described as "Arch Linux, made declarative, immutable and atomic." And yeah, that's a pretty good description of what it is. But you can never *really* tell what a distro is like without trying it, so... blendOS is self-described as "Arch Linux, made declarative, immutable and atomic." And yeah, that's a pretty good description of what it is. But you can never *really* tell what a distro is like without trying it, so...
## Installation ## Installation
I decided to just run blendOS in a virtual machine; I had a bunch of data I hadn't backed up yet and was actively working on, and didn't feeling like switching yet given I had no experience with blendOS v4 - I've actually tried blendOS v3 before, back when v4 was in alpha, but it had practically zero documentation, not even `man` pages, so I gave up on it very quickly. But with v4, hopefully it's improved since then. I decided to just run blendOS in a virtual machine; I had a bunch of data I hadn't backed up yet and was actively working on, and didn't feeling like switching yet given I had no experience with blendOS v4[^1] - I've actually tried blendOS v3 before, back when v4 was in alpha, but it had practically zero documentation, not even `man` pages, so I gave up on it very quickly. But with v4, hopefully it's improved since then.
## First use ## First use
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## Footnotes ## Footnotes
[^1]: That is, `http://github.com/blend-os/tracks/raw/main` + `/` + `default-gnome` + `.yaml` - [^1] That is, `http://github.com/blend-os/tracks/raw/main` + `/` + `default-gnome` + `.yaml`
[^2]: In the provided `blend-os/tracks` repo, `default-gnome` actually inherits from the `gnome` track. - [^2] In the provided `blend-os/tracks` repo, `default-gnome` actually inherits from the `gnome` track.

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# Makes RSS feed (feed.xml) # Makes RSS feed (feed.xml)
# Currently missing description and pubDate # Currently missing description and pubDate
# Based off https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS, particularly the example # Based off https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS, particularly the example
# TODO: update to get metadata from another file, or maybe to automatically extract it from the Markdown or HTML files
# TODO: Add dates for each page via Git history
printf "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>\n<rss version=\"2.0\">\n\n<channel>\n <title>eng.askiiart.net</title>\n <description>This is the feed for engl.askiiart.net, I guess</description>\n <link>https://askiiart.net</link>\n <lastBuildDate>$(TZ='UTC' date --rfc-2822)</lastBuildDate>" >feed.xml printf "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>\n<rss version=\"2.0\">\n\n<channel>\n <title>eng.askiiart.net</title>\n <description>This is the feed for engl.askiiart.net, I guess</description>\n <link>https://askiiart.net</link>\n <lastBuildDate>$(TZ='UTC' date --rfc-2822)</lastBuildDate>" >feed.xml
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# Skip template.html and index.html # Skip template.html, wishlist.html, resume.html, and portfolio.html
if [[ ${item} == "./index.html" || ${item} == "./template.html" ]]; then if [[ ${item} == "./index.html" || ${item} == "./template.html" ]]; then
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