[Fix #623] Restored kill-region defadvice

When no region selected `C-w` kills current line
[Close #547] Removed ack-and-a-half from prelude
Merge pull request #762 from k1-hedayati/remove-ack

[Close #547] Removed ack-and-a-half from prelude
Merge pull request #761 from k1-hedayati/restore-kill-region-defadvice

[Fix #623] Restored kill-region defadvice
Auto install protobuf-mode
Merge pull request #763 from marknsikora/protobuf

Auto install protobuf-mode
Pull in upstream changes