/etc/profile also needs root to edit. I agree that there should be a config file in a standard location, my issue is that using $(your local shell config) is barely a standard.
For this purpose PAM’s /etc/environment works great in the global context, but there’s no PAM equivalent for each user.
Systemd has global and per user environment stuff, but last I checked this only worked for systemd services

I didn’t know there was a fourth book. Awesome!

Edit: tbf, released in 2026

Hey fellow reader of that book!

At the risk of being serious, there’s really no good way to set user environment variables. (It’s been a while since I last checked, so I might be wrong)

PAM used to have an equivalent to their /etc/environment for users, but that was deprecated or maybe removed last I checked.

Systemd user environment variables don’t apply in a shell context

.bashrc only works if you use bash as login shell and I’m not sure if it applies everywhere. Sure, I can set stuff in the shell I use, but it feels weird to modify my shell in order to change global environment variables.

I’ve always used the longer version that asks processes to stop, then kills them before syncing and umnounting the disk.

REISUB: Reboot even if system utterly broken

Also, SysRq is often Print Screen on modern keyboards.

Because XDA is an Android forum attached to a blogspam site.

Please add Login with my own OIDC

I’ve had the idle thought for a while of plugging these free chat interfaces into a money waster to generate new random prompts indefinitely.

But if all you need Windows for is a VM to run Linux, then just run Linux

Slackware is prehistoric

No, it doesn’t count. You only get BTW privileges after installing Arch at least once.

Yes, you need root to write to a disk device. The tool needs to create completely new partitions so Windows works.

Microsoft comes preinstalled on most computers and their Creation Tool works ok. I don’t think they care for the rest.

Is the pipewire service enabled for that user? It’s a systemd user service

https://openrouter.ai/

Reading: yes
Comprehending: no

Edit: markdown line break

Cryptocurrency not Cryptography to disambiguate again

Make your changes in a new branch and rebase/squash when you push it to main.

“production ready” sure you are

I think that’s the deepseek logo? Only one not looking like an asshole

Context: https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/25/bcachefs_creator_ai/