UNIX admin wrote: > [...] >> GNOME is bloat to those who don't use it. >> > > Could've been statically linked in. >
Yikes! Are you suggesting static linking of GNOME libraries into every application!! How will it be when you have 10 Gnome/GTK apps running and each of them has at least 30M of libs statically linked in. Even worse would be the situation on a SunRay as Shawn points out. With many users running JDS one will have skyrocketing memory demands. Worse still, if a security vulnerability is found in any one of those libs all the apps will have to be patched. It is a nightmare. Static linking has gone the way of the dinosaurs. Regards, Moinak. > >> I could go on, but you should be getting the point... >> > > I get your point. However, I'm referring strictly to the fact that the > miniroot needs at least half a gigabyte because of all that bloat. Once the > OS is installed, fine. But half a gigabyte of RAM upfront just to start the > installer? > > Half a gigabyte just to fire up the installer is impractical, period. > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
