I am glad I have the vterm. It means I can back up the 2 files I wanted to keep. However, I feel pretty confident now. I am not sticking with Debian. My landing point is more likely to be an Ubuntu derivative (maybe Mint) than a Debian. The problem is not exactly that Debian did not *work*. I am not expecting to find something perfect. The problem is that Debian failed to provide the specific things I was seeking Debian for (that is, rock solid reliability). (2/2)