# RhattOS - A Lightweight Software Distribution

RhattOS is a Debian-based distro shipped as a _a repository with
locally-installed applications_ which can further be used to manage the
system it's installed into and also bootstrap other systems.

This repository hosts locally installed applications inside a home directory.
Some of these applications can also manage other personal configurations such
as dotfiles.

It a starting point to keep all configuration centralized in a single versioned
tree, so if one need to setup an account in a new machine -- be it a server or
personal computer -- she just need to clone this little thing and run a couple
commands to have the usual configuration ready to use.

In other words... this is where everything begins. The way I bootstrap my
whole digital environment across machines along with tools that helps me
manage my computing machinery. The metaproject, the mother of all my folder
structure that unfolds from here.

If you don't like my config -- which might be the case as this kind of thing is
so personal -- you still can use my approach to do the same management with
your own stuff. In that case, fork this repository and replace my setup with
your own submodules, dotfiles and infection procedure :)

## Installation

Get the code:

    git clone --recursive https://git.fluxo.info/rhatto/apps $HOME/apps

Then check the source integrity of the latest release:

    /usr/bin/git -C $HOME/apps verify-commit HEAD

Note that `/usr/bin/git` is called to avoid any other `git` wrappers or aliases
you might have available on your shell.

To use a project distributed by this repository simply add it's folder into
your `$PATH`.

## Infection

You might make this repository takeover your `$HOME`.
Check [Inception README](inception/README.md) for details.

## Folder structure

This repository also plays well with the following `$HOME` folder structure:

    apps: this repository
    code: other software projects
    data: media assets (git-annex and other repositories)
    file: other, non-software projects
    load: download area
    mail: maildir
    temp: temporary folder

Note that all folder names have:

* The same lenght so I get free alignment on lists.
* Lowercase characters to save typing.