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Re:MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design? by Yetanfou on Saturday May 23, 2020 @07:04AM (#23281944)
> What if using macOS enables me to be a more effective FOSS contributor?

How would that work? When you build a house on rented ground the house may seem to be yours but it can always be taken away from you.

Re:MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design? by saagarjha on Saturday May 23, 2020 @07:11AM (#23281976)
I’m familiar with macOS and contribute to a number of FOSS projects from it. I’m less productive on other platforms.
Re:MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design? by Yetanfou on Saturday May 23, 2020 @08:06AM (#23282247)
In that case you'd do both yourself and those who depend on you for your contributions a favour by taking some of that time to get acquainted with alternative platforms seeing as how Apple seems to be on a course which will make it harder and harder to use their platform for this purpose. Like the Boy Scouts (used to) say, "Be Prepared!". Install a (few) Linux/BSD distribution(s) in a VM and try using those for a while to get a feel of the platform and its strengths/weaknesses so you have somewhere to land when the time comes.
Re:MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design? by saagarjha on Sunday May 24, 2020 @04:00AM (#23289962)
I do use Linux for some of my work, especially when I’m working with ELF binaries. Just not a comfortable with it.
Re:MacOS Catalina: Slow by Design? by ecnahc515 on Sunday May 24, 2020 @09:16PM (#23296695)
Your analogy isn't the best. This is like someone renting construction equipment to build a house on land they own, and finding out that the construction equipment phones home to the owners about how it's being used.