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by akhilcacharya 2409 days ago
I have no sense of how long that is. What would it take on a 4 thread Macbook Pro?
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I have not tried installing Linux on a more recent MacBook Pro (USB-C generation) so I couldn't tell, but I remembered it took around an hour with Arch Linux's default config (e.g. "let's compile this and go have a breakfast & make a coffee and hope it's done")
Went to lunch and timed a compile of the linux kernel (v3.19) (default options) at 14 minutes on my 13" 2015 macbook pro. (3.1 GHz Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM).
depends which four thread MacBook pro...

as a rough reference, it took about 35 minutes to build the linux kernel on my xps 13 a few years ago. that computer has a 2C/4T kaby lake processor. your macbook pro might be a little faster if it doesn't have one of the ultra low power CPUs.