I run Gentoo. Very minimal system. Really quick. sway window manager (i3 clone for wayland). It's probably not as bad as I made it sound, though. I use tools and I am always trying to automate away any work in my life. But I like simple tools that I can understand. I don't like magic. I won't use a tool that promises to solve all my problems and make me rich at the same time. I like to stay on top of it all.