> [a very] painful experiences to install and re-install an entire OS Don't want to be contrarian but I just installed an Ubuntu on an old laptop for my own us

> [a very] painful experiences to install and re-install an entire OS Don't want to be contrarian but I just installed an Ubuntu on an old laptop for my own use, and it took around 1.5 hours, with only a few minutes requiring my attention. I follow and update a personal step-by-step installation guide, and most tweaks and installations after the main OS install are commands I just blindly copy-paste in a terminal. I can even use command-line to configure apps and gnome layout. Not to say I am an Ubuntu fanboy. I hate it actually, and wipe some warm tears each time I have to install it (why did they drop gnome 2!?). But I still hate it less than other non-Linux systems, and didn't take time to explore other Linuxes.