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by stefan_ 2446 days ago
An X200 is also an ancient machine. Do you value your own time so little? Clearly you are annoyed by the compile times?

You can get a $200 CPU that will blast through a kernel compile in 3 minutes.

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> An X200 is also an ancient machine. Do you value your own time so little? Clearly you are annoyed by the compile times?

I value my security first and foremost. My X200 has zero binary blobs running on the machine, it also has several other properties that I appreciate.

> You can get a $200 CPU that will blast through a kernel compile in 3 minutes.

That assumes that I even have the money to afford that. Not all of us live in silicon valley.