posix_spawn(3) lets me execute a child using a given PATH as image. Is there any way to use an in-memory image instead? Basically, run the child without requiring any filesystem access?
@b0rk@nicole "log in" has no clear translation in some languages (eg: Spanish), so we use "authenticate" in Spanish or bilingual [technical] conversations
Some websites use "initiate session", which is a mouthful and super was weird.
(DeepL translates "log in" as "conectarse", which is first person singular perfect indicative active form of "connect". Not quite right, and also weird)
@camertron@b0rk@nicole Understandable, but not really accurate. The same word (which means "go in"/" enter") could be used for situations where no authentication occurs.
X plays an unavoidable central role in the chain. Nowadays, most components of the architecture (udev, evdev, the compositor) have become self-sufficient in accomplishing their individual tasks and therefore do not need X for nothing else than as a dumb data relay. The proponents of #Wayland realised this and decided it would make more sense to replace X altogether with the compositor, thus making the display server and the composite manager become the same thing. https://sgfault.com/post/2016/8/2016-08-22-display-server-primer/
@clive_dent The server isn't on the local network (not even in the same city). But I'll keep this bookmarked for future reference anyway, sounds like it can eventually be useful.
@DenJohn So VLC can access a file even if the remote volume is not mounted locally? Interesting. Does one process simply hand over a file descriptor to another or something like this?
Do you have a specific suggestion for something that can access remote files over something like sftp?