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+## how i set everything up
+
+so, you know when you got no computer? so, suddenly you got one. okay, cool.
+also, somehow you got vacation time. yay! it's great to play with computer lol
+so you do that.
+
+i'm currently playing with mine, so that's how i've been setting it up:
+
+## how i got it back
+
+actually, this computer (which is the only one i own) has been on my friend's house.
+since i do not have a car (teens, yikes) and he lives kinda far away (i take about 
+40-50 mins to get there), i was not using it that much. i had backups anyway, and
+he was really really wanting to install windows on it, so i let him.
+
+some stuff happened and i got it back. it was running windows, i did not have a 
+void linux (os reveal time :O) usb stick lying around, just a windows one. for
+convenience, i did install a fresh windows on it. i was so dumb...
+
+i started playing some games and it was really affecting my work. when i realized
+it, i stopped. started fiddling around with a nice thing: emacs. emacs doesn't work 
+as intended on windows tho. so i had to switch up!
+
+i first tried running arch. i tried in many ways, with many installers, but somehow
+it just won't. always got frozen in the grub screen. so i gave up, and decided to go
+back to the old and good void linux i've always used.
+
+also, as always, i did the musl install. i installed with the live installer, which
+has a very convenient TUI installer. it's great! after installed, i got my wm of
+choice: qtile. i know, i know, it's python and it's not mainstream and it's not
+what you run on void, but it is the one i like (apart from dwm, which is kinda
+too bare sometimes).
+
+when i started hacking around, i was just trying to set up alacritty to work.
+later that day i was creating the layout icon so that it matches the colorscheme
+of choice, which is gruvbox. nice! i have a cool looking setup. but it doesn't
+really work if it isn't productive lol
+
+again, got somewhat stuck, but when i was at work i felt bored, so i thought
+i would list out stuff that i have to fix. anyways, i listed it out, i was
+thinking about creating my bash scripts again and reconstruct my old workflow.
+i did just that, now it's available to you.
+
+## that's basically it
+
+yeah i did waste your time, sorry
+
+this was more of a test article to get this to work. i might do elaborate this 
+article in the future
+
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+
+again, this is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
+