ol' laptop conkled out, all old blender files are lost (not gone, i could recover them if i had one'a those nvme ssd usb things, idk anything about em but apparently that's the right gear) so I can't continue on any old things i wanted to for the time being, but hey like it's a fresh start and also ubuntu is real cool and i'm having a blast so all ain't lost. merry cridmas and a happy cridmas