crusadingknight
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Posted: Dec. 24 2005,00:21 |
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Quote (jus407 @ Dec. 23 2005,13:53) | No offence i love dsl i just discovered it a few days ago and i cant wait to burn the dsl to a cd so i can install it on my cp but how do you (the moderators of dsl) expect to keep dsl alive? everone will stop using it if you just keep everything the same which you will have to sooner or later cause in order to add to the os you will be adding more mbs to it and pretty soon it will not be able to stay under 50 mb are you just going to keep the basics under 50mb and then allow add-on packages like windows uses the automatic update for security fixes will you have a 'Game package' or 'Apps package' that are optional? |
Kernel, coreutils, etc. development is slowing down - there is only so much that needs to go in there. The assumption of a 50MB core and kernel is completely contrary to evidence, since, in a few years, linux will be largely mature, and coreutils (and other core tools) only add minor optimizations, small features, and bugfixes now. Anyway, as mikshaw said, app sizes are greatly reduced by using FLTK and (pd|n)curses, and other no-frills UIs, instead of UIs which make use of virtually contructed 10-level inheritance (GTK+) to save development time.
-------------- System: eTower 566.12, 32MB RAM, 7GB HD, 200MB swap, 1x USB v.1, Intel 810GFX, Intel 810 Audio. Recompiled so far: Pretty much everything. I think I'll have to do a remaster to cut the growing bloat off my system.
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