One line in the top reply in particular stuck out to me, because the person doesn't seem to know what they're talking about, and it highlights how low-quality Stack Exchange has become over time.<p><i>(ever built the linux kernel from source? I have; it's a chore.)</i><p>This demonstrates a complete lack of experience, and seems to be a lie.<p>Even low-powered, ancient, <i>phone</i> ARM CPUs can compile the kernel in under two hours:<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/7381w3/linux_compiling_times_on_arm_cpus/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/7381w3/linux_compili...</a><p>Some recent (though as far as I'm aware, not the most recent, which can probably do it faster) AMD CPUs can do it in 16 seconds:<p><a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-16-Seconds-AMD-EPYC-2P" rel="nofollow">https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-16...</a><p>And if you look in the replies of that comment, you'll see the author comparing installing node.js on <i>CentOS</i> to compiling the kernel.<p>I'd like to see some genuine conversation on this, but Stack Exchange fails to deliver.