# Linux issues and a redo

*Entered: in emacs on Gemini PDA* | 
*Date: 20220611*

## Gemian took a shit

I do not know exactly what happened, but on the way home
the other day, I *sudo apt upgrade*'d and watched as 
scores of shit got uninstalled. I could have stopped it
but didn't bother. As I suspected, the Gemini PDA would
not boot after this.

## Redo

So, when I got home I reflashed the Gemini PDA with 
Gemian only (no android) from the directory I had saved 
when I did it originally. This time, I knew what did and
did not work from apt.

I once again installed Gnu Guix as my package manager. 
This would give me Emacs 28, current CA Certificates, 
and a slew of other non-outdated software. I have a 
256GB µSD card mounted from /etc/fstab symlinked into
/home as my user directory. Therefore, I lost nothing 
personal. Most things were also living in dropbox 
and/or gitlab. 

I have completed the redo as of today. I installed
stumpwm, and while I have keybindings to a terminal
emulator (I like the mate-terminal, to each their own)
I have been using vterm as my primary terminal. 

## Emacs Experiment

The *living in Emacs* experiment has been a resounding
success so far. One clipboard for everything, an 
excuse to learn lispy things, and no need to open 
anything else (except the occasional web browser for
heavy sites). I am likely to remain in this environment.