Adam Borowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Extra bloat doesn't noticeably hurt Ubuntu because Ubuntu doesn't try > to support memory sticks, old hardware, embedded things or farms of > tiny virtual machines; Debian does. No one cares about wasting some > memory and disk space on a modern desktop.
Speaking of which, I recently tried to install a standard debian kernel on my home machine (I normally build my own kernels), and was ultimately defeated because that machine has a fairly small root partition, and the linux-image package required _45 MB_ of disk space! Does the installed kernel realllly need 45 MB...? Granted, it's been a while, but I used to use standard debian kernels on this machine in the 2.4 days, and don't remember any bloat problems quite this bad. [The exact package was linux-image-2.6.15-1-686 2.6.15-2] -Miles -- The car has become... an article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad, and incomplete. [Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media, 1964] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
