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by JAlexoid 2041 days ago
Well... That's why I have a ThinkPad, that is certified on Linux. (So your prejudice is dated)

I'm literally trying to figure out how to install Python 3.6 alongside 3.9 in MacOSX .... right now, and it's not a one line command.

So... No. It has massive issues with developer friendliness. New OSX stalls with bluetooth mice and randomly locks my keyboard(MBP 2020). The only thing I can commend OSX on - battery life on a MacBook and nothing else
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rootusrootus 2041 days ago
> install Python 3.6 alongside 3.9 in MacOSX .... right now, and it's not a one line command

To be fair, that's not easy on any OS (well, maybe Windows). Certainly on CentOS it is a chore to get two versions of Python installed simultaneously.

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JAlexoid 2041 days ago
I'm on Ubuntu - it's not as mindbogglingly hard as on MacOSX.

Unsupported versions - harder, but still a few commands...

Supported versions? sudo apt install python-3.6 and done.

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wenc 2041 days ago
Python: another way to do this is to install Anaconda and then spin up virtual environments with specific Python versions.

  conda create -n myenv python=3.6
Having multiple versions of system Pythons can be complicated. I've learned not to touch the system Python.
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heavyset_go 2041 days ago
pyenv[1] might help you out in this department. It's also cross-platform.

[1] https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv

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