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MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design?

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2031 points jrk | 2 comments | 22 May 20 15:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.454s | source
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kar1181 ◴[22 May 20 16:03 UTC] No.23273511[source]▶
I completely understand why things are going the way they are as our computing environment has become ever more hostile. But I am very nostalgic for the time where I would power up a Vic-20 and within seconds be able to get to work.

Teaching my daughter to program on a modern computer, we spend more time bootstrapping and in process, than we do in actual development.

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massysett ◴[22 May 20 16:12 UTC] No.23273634[source]▶
If that’s what you really want, grab a used ThinkPad and put Arch Linux on it. It will boot in a few seconds and is much more powerful than a Vic-20.
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yjftsjthsd-h ◴[22 May 20 16:22 UTC] No.23273745[source]▶
Still doesn't give you a programming environment, unless you want to do bash.
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1. gorrillaribs ◴[22 May 20 16:44 UTC] No.23274047[source]▶
Doesn't arch come with python & gcc out of the box?
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2. yjftsjthsd-h ◴[22 May 20 16:58 UTC] No.23274245[source]▶
No, although `pacman -Syu python base-devel` isn't exactly a burden. But then what? If you're trying to get back to a simple "turn on computer, land in simple programming environment", how does it help that you have python and gcc available? You still have to manage libraries, learn to use a compiler, and all the other joys of modern development. The only thing Arch Linux gained you was a bit simpler OS and maybe better boot times.