[desktop-discuss] Re: [appliances-discuss] Re: Article idea "Getting Small"?

[Bart Smaalders]

Eric Boutilier wrote:
> 
> What hit me is that in order to be viable these days, any
> desktop implementation needs Firefox, and that Firefox
> is based on GNOME (GTK+) libraries, Glib, Pango, ATK,
> et al. So what does this have to do with this document?
> Well, in addition to the set of packages needed to get
> X running[1], all the packages that Firefox needs (lots of
> them) are also required. So here's a copy of that set. In
> specific, this set is intended to comprise the additional
> packages that Firefox depends on, but not to include
> any superfluous packages:

I'll assert w/o proof that any desktop that needs firefox &
gnome isn't small, and the utility of stripping things out of
a end-user desktop is minimal at best.

I just installed Solaris 10 build 39 (all + oem) on a little
via box.  I could have used a 4G microdrive and had
500 M left over.

It has staroffice, java, etc, compilers (gcc), everything
that might be needed.

The fact that this box has a 40G laptop drive means I have
lots of space left over.... and this is a _tiny_ drive.

Why minimize?

-= Bart

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