I remember when using Emacs itself was a huge struggle for me. But now I have just sudo apt install emacs
'd this vanilla install and I am already off to the races.
Anyways, I'll probably slim down this prose at a later date when I find it cringe and too verbose; but for now I am having a terrific time thwacking away at a Drunkdeer A75 Pro (thanks Aarav).
I've opted to scribble here as opposed to in a README
this time.