diff --git a/scripts/ansible b/scripts/ansible
index 8ca758331..1d60fbdf5 100755
--- a/scripts/ansible
+++ b/scripts/ansible
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@
 
 echo -e '\nATTEMPTING TO INSTALL THE LATEST (RELEASED VERSION OF) ANSIBLE.'
 echo -e 'Ensure you'"'"'re online before running this script!'
-echo -e 'OR: consider scripts/ansible-2.4.x for a "slow food" alternative.\n'
+echo -e 'OR: consider scripts/ansible-2.4.x or scripts/ansible/2.5.x "slow food" instead.\n'
 
 GOOD_VER="2.5.0"      # Ansible version for OLPC XO laptops (pip install).
                       # On other OS's we install/upgrade to THE latest (released version of) Ansible.
 CURR_VER="undefined"
-# FOUND="false"       # NOT USED AS OF 2017-12-12
-# FAMILY="undefined"  # NOT USED AS OF 2017-12-12
 # below are unused for future use
 # URL="NA"
 
@@ -21,23 +19,23 @@ if [ ! `command -v ansible-playbook` ]; then   # "command -v" is POSIX compliant
         yum -y install git bzip2 file findutils gzip hg svn sudo tar which unzip xz zip libselinux-python
         yum -y install python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
         yum -y install http://releases.ansible.com/ansible/rpm/release/epel-7-x86_64/ansible-2.5.0-1.el7.ans.noarch.rpm
-        # FOUND="true"
-        # FAMILY="redhat"
 #    elif [ -f /etc/fedora-release ]; then
 #        CURR_VER=`grep VERSION_ID /etc/*elease | cut -d= -f2`
 #        URL=https://github.com/jvonau/iiab/blob/ansible/vars/fedora-$CURR_VER.yml
 #        dnf -y install ansible git bzip2 file findutils gzip hg svn sudo tar which unzip xz zip libselinux-python
 #        dnf -y install python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
-#        FOUND="true"
-#        FAMILY="redhat"
     elif [ -f /etc/olpc-release ]; then
         yum -y install ca-certificates nss
         yum -y install git bzip2 file findutils gzip hg svn sudo tar which unzip xz zip libselinux-python
         yum -y install python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
         pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel #EOL just do it
         pip install ansible==$GOOD_VER --disable-pip-version-check
-        # FOUND="true"
-        # FAMILY="olpc"
+    # Parens are optional, but greatly clarify :)
+    elif (grep -qi ubuntu /etc/lsb-release) || (grep -qi ubuntu /etc/os-release); then
+        apt -y install python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
+        apt-add-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible
+        #apt-add-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible-2.4
+    # elif UBUNTU MUST REMAIN ABOVE (as Ubuntu ALSO contains /etc/debian_version, which would trigger the line just below)
     elif [ -f /etc/debian_version ] || (grep -qi raspbian /etc/*elease) ; then
         if ( ! grep -qi ansible /etc/apt/sources.list) && [ ! -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ansible ]; then
             apt -y install dirmngr python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
@@ -47,17 +45,6 @@ if [ ! `command -v ansible-playbook` ]; then   # "command -v" is POSIX compliant
             #     >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/iiab-ansible.list
             apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 93C4A3FD7BB9C367
         fi
-        # FOUND="true"
-        # FAMILY="debian"
-        # Parens are optional, but greatly clarify :)
-    elif (grep -qi ubuntu /etc/lsb-release) || (grep -qi ubuntu /etc/os-release); then
-        apt -y install python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
-        apt-add-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible
-        #apt-add-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible-2.4
-        # FOUND="true"
-        # FAMILY="debian"
-    # fi
-    # if [ ! $FOUND = "true" ]; then
     else
         echo "WARN: Could not detect distro or distro unsupported"
         exit 1
@@ -76,7 +63,7 @@ else
     #if [[ `grep -qi ansible /etc/apt/sources.list` ]] || [ -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ansible*.list ]; then
     elif (grep -qi ansible /etc/apt/sources.list) || (ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*ansible*.list >/dev/null 2>&1) ; then
         #echo "Ansible repo(s) found within /etc/apt/sources.list*"
-        echo -e '\nANSIBLE REPO(S) FOUND WITHIN /etc/apt/sources.list AND/OR /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*ansible*.list -- MUST CONTAIN LINE "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible/ubuntu xenial main" IF YOU WANT THE LATEST RELEASED VERSION OF ANSIBLE -- then re-run this script.\n'
+        echo -e '\nMANUAL INTERVENTION URGED: ANSIBLE REPO(S) FOUND WITHIN /etc/apt/sources.list AND/OR /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*ansible*.list -- MUST CONTAIN LINE "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible/ubuntu xenial main" IF YOU WANT THE LATEST RELEASED VERSION OF ANSIBLE -- then re-run this script.\n'
     else
         echo "Upstream ansible source repo not found, please uninstall ansible and re-run this script"
         exit 1
diff --git a/scripts/ansible-2.2.0 b/scripts/ansible-2.2.0-deprecated
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/ansible-2.2.0
rename to scripts/ansible-2.2.0-deprecated
diff --git a/scripts/ansible-2.4.x b/scripts/ansible-2.4.x
index a74c84811..4e8e74595 100755
--- a/scripts/ansible-2.4.x
+++ b/scripts/ansible-2.4.x
@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@
 
 echo -e '\nATTEMPTING TO INSTALL THE LATEST ANSIBLE 2.4.x'
 echo -e 'Ensure you'"'"'re online before running this script!'
-echo -e 'OR: consider scripts/ansible to keep up-to-date with Ansible'"'"'s evolution.\n'
+echo -e 'OR: consider scripts/ansible-2.5.x\nOR: consider scripts/ansible to keep up-to-date with Ansible'"'"'s evolution.\n'
 
 GOOD_VER="2.4.4"      # Ansible version for OLPC XO laptops (pip install).
                       # On other OS's we attempt to install/upgrade/pin to the latest Ansible 2.4.x
                       # WARNING: IIAB 6.6 will likely recommend the very latest Ansible 2.5.x or higher.
 CURR_VER="undefined"
-# FOUND="false"       # NOT USED AS OF 2017-12-12
-# FAMILY="undefined"  # NOT USED AS OF 2017-12-12
 # below are unused for future use
 # URL="NA"
 
@@ -22,23 +20,23 @@ if [ ! `command -v ansible-playbook` ]; then   # "command -v" is POSIX compliant
         yum -y install git bzip2 file findutils gzip hg svn sudo tar which unzip xz zip libselinux-python
         yum -y install python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
         yum -y install http://releases.ansible.com/ansible/rpm/release/epel-7-x86_64/ansible-2.4.4.0-1.el7.ans.noarch.rpm
-        # FOUND="true"
-        # FAMILY="redhat"
 #    elif [ -f /etc/fedora-release ]; then
 #        CURR_VER=`grep VERSION_ID /etc/*elease | cut -d= -f2`
 #        URL=https://github.com/jvonau/iiab/blob/ansible/vars/fedora-$CURR_VER.yml
 #        dnf -y install ansible git bzip2 file findutils gzip hg svn sudo tar which unzip xz zip libselinux-python
 #        dnf -y install python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
-#        FOUND="true"
-#        FAMILY="redhat"
     elif [ -f /etc/olpc-release ]; then
         yum -y install ca-certificates nss
         yum -y install git bzip2 file findutils gzip hg svn sudo tar which unzip xz zip libselinux-python
         yum -y install python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
         pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel #EOL just do it
         pip install ansible==$GOOD_VER --disable-pip-version-check
-        # FOUND="true"
-        # FAMILY="olpc"
+    # Parens are optional, but greatly clarify :)
+    elif (grep -qi ubuntu /etc/lsb-release) || (grep -qi ubuntu /etc/os-release); then
+        apt -y install python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
+        #apt-add-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible
+        apt-add-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible-2.4
+    # elif UBUNTU MUST REMAIN ABOVE (as Ubuntu ALSO contains /etc/debian_version, which would trigger the line just below)
     elif [ -f /etc/debian_version ] || (grep -qi raspbian /etc/*elease) ; then
         if ( ! grep -qi ansible /etc/apt/sources.list) && [ ! -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ansible ]; then
             apt -y install dirmngr python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
@@ -48,17 +46,6 @@ if [ ! `command -v ansible-playbook` ]; then   # "command -v" is POSIX compliant
                  >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/iiab-ansible.list
             apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 93C4A3FD7BB9C367
         fi
-        # FOUND="true"
-        # FAMILY="debian"
-        # Parens are optional, but greatly clarify :)
-    elif (grep -qi ubuntu /etc/lsb-release) || (grep -qi ubuntu /etc/os-release); then
-        apt -y install python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
-        #apt-add-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible
-        apt-add-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible-2.4
-        # FOUND="true"
-        # FAMILY="debian"
-    # fi
-    # if [ ! $FOUND = "true" ]; then
     else
         echo "WARN: Could not detect distro or distro unsupported"
         exit 1
@@ -77,7 +64,7 @@ else
     #if [[ `grep -qi ansible /etc/apt/sources.list` ]] || [ -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ansible*.list ]; then
     elif (grep -qi ansible /etc/apt/sources.list) || (ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*ansible*.list >/dev/null 2>&1) ; then
         #echo "Ansible repo(s) found within /etc/apt/sources.list*"
-        echo -e '\nANSIBLE REPO(S) FOUND WITHIN /etc/apt/sources.list AND/OR /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*ansible*.list -- MUST CONTAIN LINE "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible-2.4/ubuntu xenial main" IF YOU WANT THE LATEST ANSIBLE 2.4.x -- AND REMOVE ALL SIMILAR LINES -- then re-run this script.\n'
+        echo -e '\nMANUAL INTERVENTION URGED: ANSIBLE REPO(S) FOUND WITHIN /etc/apt/sources.list AND/OR /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*ansible*.list -- MUST CONTAIN LINE "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible-2.4/ubuntu xenial main" IF YOU WANT THE LATEST ANSIBLE 2.4.x -- AND REMOVE ALL SIMILAR LINES TO ENSURE ANSIBLE UPDATES CLEANLY -- then re-run this script.\n'
     else
         echo "Upstream ansible source repo not found, please uninstall ansible and re-run this script"
         exit 1
diff --git a/scripts/ansible-2.5.x b/scripts/ansible-2.5.x
index 23c85f097..38c31b64a 100755
--- a/scripts/ansible-2.5.x
+++ b/scripts/ansible-2.5.x
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ echo -e 'OR: consider scripts/ansible to keep up-to-date with Ansible'"'"'s evol
 GOOD_VER="2.5.0"      # Ansible version for OLPC XO laptops (pip install).
                       # On other OS's we attempt to install/upgrade/pin to the latest Ansible 2.5.x
 CURR_VER="undefined"
-# FOUND="false"       # NOT USED AS OF 2017-12-12
-# FAMILY="undefined"  # NOT USED AS OF 2017-12-12
 # below are unused for future use
 # URL="NA"
 
@@ -21,23 +19,23 @@ if [ ! `command -v ansible-playbook` ]; then   # "command -v" is POSIX compliant
         yum -y install git bzip2 file findutils gzip hg svn sudo tar which unzip xz zip libselinux-python
         yum -y install python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
         yum -y install http://releases.ansible.com/ansible/rpm/release/epel-7-x86_64/ansible-2.5.0-1.el7.ans.noarch.rpm
-        # FOUND="true"
-        # FAMILY="redhat"
 #    elif [ -f /etc/fedora-release ]; then
 #        CURR_VER=`grep VERSION_ID /etc/*elease | cut -d= -f2`
 #        URL=https://github.com/jvonau/iiab/blob/ansible/vars/fedora-$CURR_VER.yml
 #        dnf -y install ansible git bzip2 file findutils gzip hg svn sudo tar which unzip xz zip libselinux-python
 #        dnf -y install python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
-#        FOUND="true"
-#        FAMILY="redhat"
     elif [ -f /etc/olpc-release ]; then
         yum -y install ca-certificates nss
         yum -y install git bzip2 file findutils gzip hg svn sudo tar which unzip xz zip libselinux-python
         yum -y install python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
         pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel #EOL just do it
         pip install ansible==$GOOD_VER --disable-pip-version-check
-        # FOUND="true"
-        # FAMILY="olpc"
+    # Parens are optional, but greatly clarify :)
+    elif (grep -qi ubuntu /etc/lsb-release) || (grep -qi ubuntu /etc/os-release); then
+        apt -y install python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
+        #apt-add-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible
+        apt-add-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible-2.5
+    # elif UBUNTU MUST REMAIN ABOVE (as Ubuntu ALSO contains /etc/debian_version, which would trigger the line just below)
     elif [ -f /etc/debian_version ] || (grep -qi raspbian /etc/*elease) ; then
         if ( ! grep -qi ansible /etc/apt/sources.list) && [ ! -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ansible ]; then
             apt -y install dirmngr python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
@@ -47,17 +45,6 @@ if [ ! `command -v ansible-playbook` ]; then   # "command -v" is POSIX compliant
                  >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/iiab-ansible.list
             apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 93C4A3FD7BB9C367
         fi
-        # FOUND="true"
-        # FAMILY="debian"
-        # Parens are optional, but greatly clarify :)
-    elif (grep -qi ubuntu /etc/lsb-release) || (grep -qi ubuntu /etc/os-release); then
-        apt -y install python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel patch
-        #apt-add-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible
-        apt-add-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible-2.5
-        # FOUND="true"
-        # FAMILY="debian"
-    # fi
-    # if [ ! $FOUND = "true" ]; then
     else
         echo "WARN: Could not detect distro or distro unsupported"
         exit 1
@@ -76,7 +63,7 @@ else
     #if [[ `grep -qi ansible /etc/apt/sources.list` ]] || [ -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ansible*.list ]; then
     elif (grep -qi ansible /etc/apt/sources.list) || (ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*ansible*.list >/dev/null 2>&1) ; then
         #echo "Ansible repo(s) found within /etc/apt/sources.list*"
-        echo -e '\nANSIBLE REPO(S) FOUND WITHIN /etc/apt/sources.list AND/OR /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*ansible*.list -- MUST CONTAIN LINE "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible-2.5/ubuntu xenial main" IF YOU WANT THE LATEST ANSIBLE 2.5.x -- AND REMOVE ALL SIMILAR LINES -- then re-run this script.\n'
+        echo -e '\nMANUAL INTERVENTION URGED: ANSIBLE REPO(S) FOUND WITHIN /etc/apt/sources.list AND/OR /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*ansible*.list -- MUST CONTAIN LINE "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ansible/ansible-2.5/ubuntu xenial main" IF YOU WANT THE LATEST ANSIBLE 2.5.x -- AND REMOVE ALL SIMILAR LINES TO ENSURE ANSIBLE UPDATES CLEANLY -- then re-run this script.\n'
     else
         echo "Upstream ansible source repo not found, please uninstall ansible and re-run this script"
         exit 1