diff --git a/recipes/_apt b/recipes/_apt
index 3c4a85e..ba5fc35 100644
--- a/recipes/_apt
+++ b/recipes/_apt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+set +e
 
 if [ -z "$__apt_updated" ]; then
     _run "Update APT cache" sudo apt-get update
@@ -13,3 +14,9 @@ function _apt {
         echo "[apt] $pkg is already installed, skipping."
     fi
 }
+
+_apt software-properties-common
+
+function _ppa {
+    _run "[apt] Add PPA: $1" sudo add-apt-repository -u -y ppa:$1
+}
diff --git a/recipes/emacs b/recipes/emacs
index a13803b..6c38746 100644
--- a/recipes/emacs
+++ b/recipes/emacs
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ case $_PLATFORM in
         _brew emacs --with-cocoa --with-librsvg --with-imagemagick@6
         ;;
     linux)
-        _brew emacs --with-librsvg --with-imagemagick@6
+        _recipe _apt
+        _ppa ubuntu-elisp/ppa
+        _apt emacs25
         ;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/recipes/email b/recipes/email
index 6c7a6f4..37698ad 100644
--- a/recipes/email
+++ b/recipes/email
@@ -5,7 +5,15 @@ _recipe brew
 _brew isync
 
 _recipe emacs
-EMACS=$(which emacs) _brew mu --with-emacs --HEAD
+case $_PLATFORM in
+    darwin)
+        EMACS=$(which emacs) _brew mu --with-emacs --HEAD
+        ;;
+    *)
+        _recipe apt
+        _apt maildir-utils
+        ;;
+esac
 
 _recipe nvm
 _npm imapnotify