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According to Linus, Linux Is "Bloated"
mjasay writes "Linus Torvalds, founder of the Linux kernel, made a somewhat surprising comment at LinuxCon in Portland, Ore., on Monday: 'Linux is bloated.' While the open-source community has long pointed the finger at Microsoft's Windows as bloated, it appears that with success has come added heft, heft that makes Linux 'huge and scary now,' according to Torvalds." TuxRadar provides a small capsule of his remarks as well, as does The Register.
is finally having the last laugh? /dnrtfa
However, Minix continues to maintain its girlish figure.
Windows bloat bad, linux bloat good.
but to add that tit's unavoidable really
I'm more of a bottom kinda guy myself, but hey, I get it.
Pretty good is actually pretty bad.
Vista is.
If information wants to be free, why does my internet connection cost so much?
For instance, take any desktop distro (Ubuntu, Fedora, etc...) and a complete installation including multiple desktop environments, browsers, office suites, etc... still takes up less disk space, memory and CPU than does a bare installation of Windows Vista/7.
I'm sorry, but you seem to be severely misinformed regarding the performance of modern Linux distributions vs Windows 7 on modern hardware. Yes, sure, you can use something like Debian and it will run faster than Windows 7 out of the box, but at what cost?
In a proprietary project if your boss says "do this" you either do it or find another job.
Or you make excuses, pass the buck, and sponge off your colleagues until the next reorg.
Freedom isn't free; its price is the well-being of others.
I made this same comment on some /. story and instantly got modded -1 Flamebait.
Go figure.
I'll try anything once. Twice if it tastes good
Yea, I was rooting around in your system just the other say. You seem to be completely frugal when it comes to purchasing new software. On a plus side, your system is completely useless to me outside of just exploring around it a little. Good call and staying arcane.
Executing NOPs, I guess.
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
There is no Linus, only Zuul!
Oh wow, that explains everything!
...who is Vinz Clortho, then? RMS?
GLaDOS for President 2016! "Well here we are again. It's always such a pleasure." -- GLaDOS, 2011
C++ makes sure nothing gets to become a real mess
You're funny. Can I have you come and perform for my birthday party?
Just another "DOJ fascist authoritarian totalitarian bootlicker" -- Zeio