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Ah wait, not needed. `conda init --dev` recreates the installed launchers from the bundled ones :D Tests should be passing then!

Ready for review, team! @conda/conda-core

I think this is ready to merge, @conda/conda-core!

If your intention is to use conda-forge from the beginning, I may suggest using [`Miniforge`](https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases) to bootstrap your installation. Then you can install as many packages as you want on...

Mamba is using an incredibly amazing solver, agreed! We have been working on a plugin to bring it over to conda: https://github.com/conda-incubator/conda-libmamba-solver Maybe you can add it to your `base`...

`--repodata-fn` might help as a workaround: ``` conda install --repodata-fn repodata.json ... ```

Do you need the `free` channel or is it more of an accidental situation? The default value for `restore_free_channel: True` is usually false. You can disable it for a single...

The permanent solution would be to change the config like: ``` $ conda config --set restore_free_channel false ``` Can you try that?

Do you get any output if you run `python` in verbose mode? Use `python -vvv`. My initial guess would be that a specific library file in that environment needed by...

It does look like a filesystem hang while providing a core library needed by the Python runtime :( Maybe try using tools in your operating system to see what files...