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MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design?

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inimino ◴[22 May 20 16:08 UTC] No.23273586[source]▶
It looks like my time with MacOS is rapidly coming to an end. Any Linux distro recommendations these days?
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speedgoose ◴[22 May 20 16:17 UTC] No.23273689[source]▶
Windows 10 with WSL if you have a laptop.

Debian or similar or ArchLinux if you have a desktop.

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inimino ◴[22 May 20 16:24 UTC] No.23273783[source]▶
For reasons of personal prejudice, I'll never install any Windows version on any hardware I own. Debian was always my first choice back in the desktop linux days, and still is for servers, but I haven't looked at the landscape recently. It seems to have become more consolidated, which is not surprising but still mildly disappointing.

Edit: and WSL is not Linux

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yjftsjthsd-h ◴[22 May 20 16:30 UTC] No.23273860[source]▶
> WSL is not Linux

It is Linux as of WSL2, it's just also Windows, so you lose many of the advantages that would make a person recommend Linux in this thread.

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1. inimino ◴[22 May 20 16:36 UTC] No.23273936[source]▶
TIL. But yes, for me, not having Windows installed is the primary advantage of any non-Windows OS.