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I'm old enough that it was pretty much a requirement to configure and build your own kernel (2.0 or 2.2, so not that old mind you) among with a ton of other software with linux. Today I'm just happy I can throw an ISO on a USB drive and have a well usable system on a bare metal in less than hour where pretty much everything just works. Since there was so many things that didn't work until you compiled drivers, wrote configurations and spent hours and hours debugging and testing your solution. Sure, specially back then with a lot less duties for kids and family, the tinkering itself was part of the fun, but today when I just need a system which has tools I need either straight out of the box or after a few apt install's so that I can get the stuff done I need to I don't have time nor energy to spend setting up everything.
And with that mindset I could rant quite a lot on why I don't like the ubuntu installation on my current workstation setup (to be honest, not all of the problems are caused by ubuntu, nvidia has part of the blame and then there's some poor planning with accessories). I want a system and tools that get out of my way and let me do whatever I need to do instead of requiring continuous TLC or figuring out why some piece of crap from snap doesn't work anymore.