i just had the BIGGEST scare of my life
this is a storytime more than anything, skip if you don't care lol. also, to people who suddenly find their system not working after the kernel update didn't complete, change to linuxKernel.packages.
basically, while rebuilding, the kernel had """updates""". and i was like "oh, ok. i'll let it do its thing" (what i do when the kernel updates basically).
it was taking a bit too long (imo), and then, suddenly, poof. power off. and i was like "what the actual f***?".
i power my laptop on, and surprise surprise, THE FIRMWARE BOOT SELECTION MENU. i was FREAKING OUT ( ó_ò,)
limine didn't work "Linux Boot Menu" (or smth like that) didn't work, not even the windows boot menu worked
i had to disable safe boot (scart tbh) to boot into my previous generation. i searched up on the nixpkgs index for the kernel, and my sweet sweet "linuxPackages" was GONE. i was GENUINELY scared. i was starting to think reinstalling was my last resort ；；
turns out the package i needed for the kernel package was now one of the "linuxKernel.packages"s. i ended up choosing the zen kernel bc i didn't know which other version i should have picked, and because i read it's optimized for desktop usage (yay).
anyway, shout out to generation 163 for saving my laptop (and my life too, i have so many projects there). have a lovely day, fellow redditors.