diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index d9957267..1fae647e 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -46,9 +46,13 @@ export GIT_PS1_SHOWUNTRACKEDFILES=true
 #- Path and Env Config -#
 #-----------------------#
 PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/bin:$PATH"
-export PATH
 PATH="$HOME/.cabal/bin:$PATH"
-export PATH
+
+PATH="$HOME/bin/quarto-1.0.38/bin/:$PATH"
+QUARTO_VERSION="1.0.38"
+
+# RStudio configuration vars.
+R_LIBS_USER="/home/daniel/code/r_libs"
 
 # set environment variables for go (is this even necessary with modern Go?)
 #GOBIN="$HOME/code/go_src/bin"
@@ -62,6 +66,7 @@ export PATH
 
 # Ruby gems location on Manjaro.
 PATH="$HOME/.local/share/gem/ruby/3.0.0/bin:$PATH"
+
 export PATH
 
 # prevent ranger from loading rc.conf from
@@ -120,8 +125,9 @@ alias ll="exa -lahF --git"
 alias t="tokei"
 alias b="bat"
 
-# easy access to ipython
+# easy access to ipython and R
 alias py="ipython"
+alias r="R --vanilla -q"
 
 # copy to system clipboard by default
 alias xclip="xclip -selection clipboard"
diff --git a/vim-config/configs.vim b/vim-config/configs.vim
index 2b17e10e..216d34d8 100644
--- a/vim-config/configs.vim
+++ b/vim-config/configs.vim
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ let g:completor_python_binary = '/usr/bin/python3'
 " NOTE(daniel): We explicitly don't use clang as a C++ linter here,
 " because it sometimes detects obscure errors in libg++.
 " CLANGCHECK probably doesn't add much, so we removed it.
+" NOTE(daniel): Linting in R is terribly, terribly mem-intensive.
 let g:ale_linters = {
 \   'typescript': ['eslint', 'tsserver'],
 \   'javascript': ['prettier', 'eslint', 'jshint'],
@@ -509,10 +510,10 @@ let g:ale_linters = {
 \   'cpp': ['clangtidy', 'g++'],
 \   'haskell': ['stack-build', 'hlint', 'stack-ghc', 'hls', 'hie'],
 \   'lhaskell': ['stack-build', 'hlint', 'stack-ghc', 'hls', 'hie'],
-\   'rust': ['cargo', 'rustc', 'analyzer']
+\   'rust': ['cargo', 'rustc', 'analyzer'],
+\   'r': ['lintr']
 \}
 
-
 let g:ale_cpp_cc_options = ' -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Weffc++ -std=c++20'
 let g:ale_cpp_gcc_options = '-Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Weffc++ -std=c++20'
 let g:ale_cpp_clang_options = '-Wall -Wextra -std=c++20 -x c++'