I understand being cautious. I mean we are talking about real money.

Bitcoin Core has a binary to install now and once the chain syncs the only thing you really need to adjust if needed is the bitcoin.conf file. The electrum server only usually that config file changed.

I'm sure you're right. I have to bite the bullet and just do it. 

siggy47

I tried StartOS and Umbrel a while back. They are nice it just always felt slow like I was working in a VM because it was slow, and I wasn't sure how everything worked in the background. Now I just recommend raw dogging it on a spare laptop running Debian, Bitcoin Core, Fulcrum or Electrs, and the wallet of your choice. And don't forget to install your firewall like gufw.