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.

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No shit. So start taking some control.

[rAiNsT0rm]

I've given up on desktop Linux completely. I use it for servers where it makes sense, and I will continue to but as a Linux user since 1995 I can honestly say that the biggest issue is the lack of oversight and steering. Just as with the Kernel the basic foundation needs to be unified and oversaw. Chaos is great but it is not good for a foundation. Linus needs to step up and accept that the reason the kernel has come along so well is because of the central clearing house and oversight. It's time the base system was the same way. Then let people tweak and change it to make all their various distros to their hearts content. But at least there is a single unified foundation. We've had issues last years that could have been snuffed out in weeks if the base system had some structure across the board. I will never understand why people fight this so hard, look at OSX they have come so far so fast with a tiny fraction of the talent because they are working to one goal. There is a happy medium and we need to find it quick.

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[MikeUW]

whereas for a commercial project both developers' paycheques and proper management are needed

Fixed that for you.