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Bind mount your small system's /usr to /lower, mount your bigger /upper, and use overlayfs to combine them. Looking forward ro some blog posts discussing how t
by rektide 5y ago
Bind mount your small system's /usr to /lower, mount your bigger /upper, and use overlayfs to combine them.
Looking forward ro some blog posts discussing how to support this use case; it's a good one. I think usr-merge is so much more managable though that it's totally worth doing.
- zh3 5y agoMust admit I'm surprised there don't seem to be more users out there doing exactly this. Makes installing a new program for everyone instant (put it in /usr, now available to all) while allowing personal customisations with the ability to reset the system to a pristine state in a second. Esp. combined with diskless, the computer hardware becomes irrelevant/disposable - just grab a fresh one, boot the same image and carry on (or boot your personal image at a hot desk).