TechnoCat

I installed and ran gentoo in 2005 on a home server that hosted a file sharing repository and php forum for my friends.

In college I ran Ubuntu on my netbook for programming and internet browsing on.

Then in 2021 Windows 11 came out and refused to install on my 2017 laptop. So I threw my hands up and installed EndeavorOS in a dual boot configuration. After a few months, EndeavorOS broke my boot with an update. Threw up my hands again and installed Fedora and haven’t had an issue in years.

Taking an hour doesn’t sound right. Is it a disk or solid state? Do you have an unusual amount of directory hierarchy?

If you have a disk, does it have SMARTT errors reported?

Which filesystem are you using?