Hmm, I’ve had the exact opposite experience. I recently logged on to an (admittedly older) mac machine and it took roughly 3 minutes to fully log in. Then I spent some significant time fumbling around a clumsy gui like a pleab.

After that, cd’ing around my minimal - yet blazing fast - thinkpad w/ void linux felt nearly exhilirating. Didn’t have to touch the mouse for many minutes at a time.