Well, I have yet to complete triage on the laptop that seemingly died. Currently I am down to the RPi 2 being my main almost-desktop computer running Ubuntu MATE 16.04.2 with an RPi as a parasite slave to it. The slaved RPi B+ has a GPIO serial connection so I can access it via screen as well as via ssh. Most of my long-form writing is taking place via iPad with a Bluetooth keyboard while the iPad is on a stand. I am having to brush up on how to use mutt as that will be the easiest way to access e-mail from either RPi at the moment when I am not using the iPad device. I do have an Android-based mobile phone-type device but that has serious limitations. Eventually triage this weekend will help me determine what route I can take in restoring things or otherwise taking action