>X gets corrupted somehow
>"sudo apt-get remove xorg"
>begins uninstalling millions of packages
>a fullscreen warning flashes by: "Are you SUUUUUURE you wanna remove the kernel?"
>wasn't prompted to deny
>After process, get kernel panic
>reboot
>kernel panic within 10 seconds

Why must you do this to me, Debian?

Also, I was actively prevented from breaking out of apt-get. Forgot to say that in main post.

@SuwakoMmh yum master race :P
I'm a Fedora fan, but I have to use either Ubuntu or Debian to do a lot of compiling of others' code (*grumble grumble*)

@SuwakoMmh yum (now dnf) can be a little bit of a pain when there's a bunch of packages with your search term ("dnf install python3" will tell you to narrow it down or add an asterisk to select all packs with that prefix) but other than that it's nice. It's similar to apt-get in syntax but has some switches apt-get lacks (like "--skip-broken" and "--best")

@SuwakoMmh "dnf remove X11-base xorg-server" then "dnf install X11-base xorg-server"

If you wanna go a step further, do "dnf clean packages" before reinstalling :P

I'm unfamiliar with Gentoo...

@SuwakoMmh Nah, I can hit up Google.

Apparently there's portage portage going on (hurr hurr) and there's an experimental port for Fedora. Neat.

@Parzi compiling others' code? Well, perhaps u could use fedora and run docker with Debian/Ubuntu for the compilation? 🤔

@Electrux I haven't ever used Docker.

@Parzi try it! U won't be disappointed. Especially for things like these, it is quite fast and interacts with the host rather cleanly 😁😁

@SuwakoMmh what do u mean? 🤔
Docker isn't a dependency... It's a virtualization software, kinda similar to virtual box

@Electrux @SuwakoMmh i'm trying to compile a Linux kernel for the Nintendo 3DS. It's been... a struggle, but I came within like 3 commands of finishing on Debian, but I had issues with as. Long story short: it'd be better to use a full install of whatever OS than a VM or compatibility wrap (especially as this is all in a VM!)

@SuwakoMmh docker is a virtualization software like virtual box. But with far less overhead, at least for me (it doesn't, by default, provide a GUI as well) and the variety of OS images are just a command away to install 😌😁

@Parzi oh well, if u say so. I'd still recommend looking into it. I'd be able to go back to ur love - fedora - then 😁😁😊😊

In any case, good luck 😁😁😎😎

I'm using Virtualbox in a Windows host, so running yet another VM layer won't work well, especially on the specs I've got the VM allocated (guest gets 2 3.3GHz CPU cores and 4GB of RAM)

@Electrux God, I need it.

@Parzi oh ur using virtual box already! I didn't know that. Nevermind what I said then 😅😅

@SuwakoMmh New 3DS/New 2DS (N2DS must be foldable) runs an 800-some MHz quad-core ARM11 and a single-core ARM9 at 166MHz in tandem, both little endian. An 88MHz ARM7 is provided for old DS and GBA game compatibility, but is so complex to use you might as well not. The Old 3DS/2DS models have the same specs except less WRAM/VRAM, less onboard NAND and a dual-core ARM9 at 400-some MHz instead of the 800-some quad ARM11.

Due to the way current bootstrap hijacking works, Linux only runs on the ARM9.

@SuwakoMmh too much info? :P

@SuwakoMmh Actually, I have the vanilla Linus kernel running on the 3DS, I'm just trying to add things like X and binutils and make, things like that.

There must be a provision somewhere to reinstall without uninstalling first. What file was corrupted? Why couldn't you just replace that one file? you yourself said that the system warned you about uninstalling the kernel. You shoot yourself in the foot and complain that you can't walk anymore. This isn't a rant. it's a meme in the making.

@shaji I did state that the warning was auto-dismissed by apt-get, was I not?

An ELF file or eight were corrupted.