I’m pretty sure I didn’t mess with systemd, though that would probably be the right way to handle it.
I was able to update a runtime config so if any storage wasn’t available it just halted the service. Then I created a short script I’d invoke manually which decrypted the luks drives and brought the dependent services up. I also added monitoring to alert me when the drives weren’t available for whatever reason.
I use separate disks for data storage and my OS. That way a headless system can boot and all the services like SSH can become available, and I can decrypt the data drives remotely.
When there’s an unexpected reboot I can still get into my system and decrypt remotely which is nice. I can also move the data storage disks to another system without too much hassle.
I did have to make sure some services were fault tolerant if an encrypted volume was unavailable when the OS booted. An example of this might be torrenting software, I needed to make sure the temporary storage was on an encrypted volume. The software had a sane fault mode when the final storage location was unavailable, but freaked out for some reason when the temp storage was missing.
Once set up the whole thing is pretty easy to manage.
I agree with most of your points. Just wanted to add that I use Git + GNU Stow to manage this exact situation and it works flawlessly.
I’m not sure how true this is.
My Jabra 75 is paired and connected via BT with my Android phone and a MacBook Pro. I can hear notifications or podcasts from my phone as long as I’m not actively listening to something on the Mac. I use this dual device always on config upwards of 9 hours a day with no issues.
Honest question, I’m not sure I understand why people are hung up on physical headphone jacks, what am I missing?
A few years ago it was a bummer because I didn’t have good wireless headphones, but at this point decent BT headphones are pretty cheap, and great ones are available. Even cheap BT buds have extraordinary battery life if you know what to look for.
Removing the jack contributed to better water resistance in phones, which has saved my family and friends thousands in replacements.
As far as audio quality, I admit that I reach for a set of wired headphones when I need something to sound amazing, or to eliminate delay while gaming. The wired or wireless audio quality in mobile phones is nearly universally poor unless you use an external DAC (which negates the cost argument) or buy the one or two models built for audiophiles (also negating the cost argument). Also, I don’t seriously game on my phone, so no worries about delay there.
Is this argument a meme at this point, or am I actually missing out?
Tmux with a few custom key bindings is amazing. Kind of a learning curve, but not nearly as bad as something like Vim.