I am ready to support their installations, I do it happily. I just can't justify wasting a couple of hours every time I need a fresh install just to get the bar

I am ready to support their installations, I do it happily. I just can't justify wasting a couple of hours every time I need a fresh install just to get the bare os up and running. Automation is something good! I can't really recommend Ubuntu for for teams that are experimenting with tools. Lots of tools can't be installed with apt and therefore have to be updated manually. Arch with yay is convenient enough to justify base system setup automation. Also, I stay away from snap whenever possible. I have seen several tools I use (ripgrep for instance) pulling support from snap that makes me uneasy using it.