• @SzethFriendOfNimi
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    774 months ago

    Media and games. Only loaded and run when I’m using them.

    Package dependencies? How much of that is loading at runtime? How many security holes and exploits is some sub, sub, sub package going to introduce?

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        It’s true. And it’s worse since people worry about the security of the OS but download large batches of suspect apps and games.

  • Lucy :3
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    434 months ago

    200 MB install size, -50 MB net upgrade size though.

    • @[email protected]
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      244 months ago

      I love this shit you know. Before Linux, I didn’t know that upgrading could decrease the amount of space it takes. And especially since I have a 512gb ssd only, this feels so good.

  • andrew
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    214 months ago

    200G of packages is 200G I can’t use for games and media.

    • @pHr34kY
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      174 months ago

      Except it’s 200MB.

      • @[email protected]
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        224 months ago

        Today it’s 200MB of dependencies and next thing you know it’s 200PB! When will the madness stop!

  • Sam, The Man
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    204 months ago

    me, looking at literally any measurement of my system: We could get that lower

  • @[email protected]
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    164 months ago

    How it feels to install gentoo whole system is less than 20GB steam games makes it 100GB.

      • @[email protected]
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        94 months ago

        Your right even installing the games is bloat! I must write them from scratch to save VALUEABLE SYSTEM RESOURCES

  • Andrew
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    4 months ago

    Spreading the word of IEC units: it’s “1.46 TiB” and “200 MiB” btw.

      • Andrew
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        -24 months ago

        Yeah, that why IEC units carry only one meansing. It’s all that stupid JEDEC that standardized SI units to binary multiples. Dumbest shit I’ve ever seen.

        • @[email protected]
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          64 months ago

          When you make up new words - see ‘fetch’ - you can decide it means everything you want.

          Doesn’t mean that validating hard drive vendors’ scams is somehow right to do.

          • Andrew
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            Which scams? HDD/SSD AFAIK use SI units so that checks out for me.

  • @[email protected]
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    114 months ago

    That’s weak. Rolling release and not updated since febuary. 4 GB downloaded. Thank the celestial penguin nothing broke.

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    Part of this is from the nostalgia of never having to update your shit in the days of Windows 9x and Windows XP. Installing stuff never required a system update or an internet connection. Drivers were installed via floppy disk or CD. There were tons of other problems all the time of course but at least we didn’t have to remember to update stuff.

  • @Matriks404
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    54 months ago

    Someone explain me why do I need to spend 10 minutes waiting for some perl stuff to compile while all I wanted is to have live updated currency exchange rates in GnuCash.