dterm

Description

A stable and predictible terminal experience. David's Terminal = dterm.

When I start using a new package or tool I add it to the Containerfile and push the repo to Github. A Github Action then builds the custom image and pushes it to the registry. The bootstrap script runs after Distrobox/Toolbox has created the container and performs tasks such as installing and invoking chezmoi to grab my dotfiles.

This repo is based on boxkit, a set of GitHub actions and skeleton files to build toolbox and distrobox images.

Setup

Step 1

With Distrobox installed run:

distrobox create --image ghcr.io/davemccrea/dterm:latest --name dterm --home ~/distrobox/dterm

Step 2

distrobox enter dterm

The bootstrap script will run on first load to change the default shell, load dotfiles, etc.

Update

podman pull ghcr.io/davemccrea/dterm; \
distrobox stop dterm; \
distrobox rm dterm; \
sudo rm -rf ~/distrobox/dterm; \
distrobox create --image ghcr.io/davemccrea/dterm:latest --name dterm --home ~/distrobox/dterm; \
distrobox enter dterm

Additional setup

In container

• tmux
  • Open tmux and invoke prefix + I to install plugins

Verification

These images are signed with sisgstore's cosign. Generate a new keypair with cosign. The public key is kept in the public repo. Paste the private key in Settings -> Secrets -> Actions.