Setting up a node has been pure pain so far.

It is still not synced after 2 weeks.

About 12 hours fiddling.

Constant checking.

2 friends helping.

$230 on parts.

Adapters borrowed.

Waste of time so far.

Yes, I've probably bought the wrong stuff, used the wrong OS, got slow Internet etc, but it should NOT be this hard.

I'm ready to throw the thing out the fucking window.

Whoever said it is cheap or easy to run a node is already an experienced programmer, or has expensive computers lying around.