My brother in Christ, I have had zero Linux experience prior to this year and have setup a bitcoin node, electrum server and working on a lightning node currently.

Is it confusing at times yes, does google of wiki's/manuals/or just the internet have access to the resources and answers to my questions YES.

Do the work and enjoy the struggle, it means you learned something and grew. My reason was to learn more about how bitcoin works and a laptop was cheaper than a start9. That's my choice. I agree with comrade Citizen. No matter the concession or option some people feel safer complaining because proof of work is a motherfucker.

#rant