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   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Nov 18, 2025 at 3:24:29 PM MST, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" wrote   
   <10firms$1s3s6$2@dont-email.me>:   
      
   > On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:02:05 +0000, David B. wrote:   
   >   
   >> macOS   
   >> ChromeOS   
   >> Full-featured desktop operating system based on Unix, designed for   
   >> high performance and intensive tasks.   
   >   
   > Nobody uses macOS in “high-performance” applications. Back when Apple   
   > sold servers (the “XServe”, if you remember those), I remember a   
   > review which ran the identical workload on the identical version of   
   > MySQL, with one set of trials under OS X server, and the other under   
   > Linux, on the same Apple hardware.   
   >   
   > Linux handily beat Apple’s “server” OS.   
      
   Unsurprisingly. MacOS focuses on ease of use, Linux on the speed. Or I guess,   
   macOS focuses on efficiency for the user, Linux on efficiency for the   
   computer. BOTH are important, and each has its benefits.   
   >   
   >> ChromeOS   
   >> A lightweight, cloud-centric OS with the Google Chrome web browser   
   >> as its main user interface.   
   >   
   > Interesting that a full-function Linux kernel, with its advanced   
   > network stack, containerization, resource management etc can be   
   > considered “lightweight” ...   
      
   Linux is very flexible.   
   >   
   > Makes you wonder what a resource hog the less-functional macOS must be   
      
   A different focus -- and both are important.   
   > ...   
      
      
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