Hi, On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > It now requires 2.1GB to build your own kernel. Obviously less if you > > get rid of all of the options that you don't need, which is a long and > > tedious task to say the least! >
It is not just the kernel - there are plenty of examples of bloat out there. Gnome desktop apps have grown in size - they are required to buffer more display. My favourite library used to compile on a box with 64 meg ram. (gcc2.95) Then gcc 2.96 came along, and that library now requires 256 meg to compile. A useable distro (eg suse) now comes on multiple DVD's - it used to be that distros would fit on one CD. (a somewhat unfair comparison, there are more applications now) If you look at distros like dam small linux, they fit everything onto one CD, with a total space requirement of 60 (or so) meg. How do they do it? By taking older versions of the code/library. Sigh - I guess Linux is just following the windows trend - windows is getting bigger also. Derek -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. Any fool can write code that IndraNet Technologies Ltd. a computer can understand. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Good programmers write code ph +64 3 365 6485 that humans can understand. Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/ Martin Fowler
