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On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 20:02:11 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> >> YOU have chosen a somewhat minimalist path with your desktop, wisely |
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> >> avoiding "bloat_ware_city" |
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> > Personally, I prefer USE="-hyperbole" :) |
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> >> But, to avoid pain do keep some minimal |
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> >> collection of flags. Python is CRITICAL on gentoo, so ask before |
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> >> verging out on Python! |
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> > Bear in mind that USE flags control *optional* features and |
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> > dependencies. Setting USE="-python" will not prevent python being |
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> > installed, nor will it break portage, but it will "de-bloat" those |
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> > packages that come with optional python interfaces and bindings. |
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> and it might break packages in features in surprising ways. |
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> People who tell newbies that -* could be used at all, should be flogged. |
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> In a public place. With video. |
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:-) |
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> This 'de-bloat' crap - who came up with that? |
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I hope you realise I was being ironic there, in responding to a "bloat |
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hater" :) |
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> People who use it all the |
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> times seldomly realize that the 'small and unbloated' software they use |
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> is in a lot of cases neither small, nor not bloated. |
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Small software can be bloated, large software can be bloat-free. It's all |
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about what is useful. "functional" != "bloated", but all too often |
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"lightweight", "bloat free" software can also be described as "limited" |
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or "functionally challenged". |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Yeah, but what's the speed of dark? |
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