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I wish I could use it but I don't have enough CPU cores for this
It's not as bad as people make it out to be honestly. Word processors and browsers suck because of libraries iirc, that's about it tho
I have a 2 cores 4 threads machine. I don't know it it'll be practical for me. Might try it when I can afford something a little bit more powerful
There are was to compile your programs outside of your machine.