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I'm curious: Which operating system?

The Linux x86_64 build experience has worked very well on Ubuntu for many years. These days you don't even need to copy and paste the apt incantations: ./mach bootstrap takes care of that.

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It was on a Mac, which I admit probably isn't where the core of development lies.

Oddly my impression is that their focus is more on Mac and Windows than on Linux. I swear that whenever i see them presenting something, it is invariably done using a Mac.

Many gecko/firefox devs work on Macs, so it is very surprising to hear that, unless your are running a somewhat old and unsupported version of MacOS (you need 10.7 according to https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Developer_g...).

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