Agreed, IaC has helped that process a lot. I just used to curse.

I agree. However… I do have a public repo with my helper scripts in case I need to set them up on a new machine. best of both worlds!

I’m personally using Mint for this exact purpose. It just works and I don’t have to think about it much.

I love Mint for the simplicity. My only complaint is the lack of Wayland support for cinnamon.

I’m in this comment and I don’t know how to feel about it.