Re: Less Is More

Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote at 15:48 this Saturday (GMT):

How much should a GUI cost, in terms of program size.
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How much is my GUI:
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[~]# ls -l /usr/bin/Xorg
-rws--x--x 1 root root 2245080 Jul 29  2023 /usr/bin/Xorg
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[~]# ls -l /usr/local/bin/fvwm3
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 876552 May  1 07:13 /usr/local/bin/fvwm3
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Total: 3121632 bytes or approx. 3.1 Mb.
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3.1 Mb!  Holy shiite!
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Yes indeed.  My entire GUI is supported by only 3.1 Mb of code.
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Mainline distros likely can't do any more with 3.1 GIGABYTES.
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Brother, if you aren't rolling your own, your head is in desperate
need of a cat scan.
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Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
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$ du -ch /usr/bin/xfce4-*

108K /usr/bin/xfce4-about
56K /usr/bin/xfce4-accessibility-settings
76K /usr/bin/xfce4-appearance-settings
140K /usr/bin/xfce4-appfinder
72K /usr/bin/xfce4-clipman
40K /usr/bin/xfce4-clipman-history
84K /usr/bin/xfce4-clipman-settings
80K /usr/bin/xfce4-color-settings
116K /usr/bin/xfce4-dict
344K /usr/bin/xfce4-display-settings
20K /usr/bin/xfce4-find-cursor
92K /usr/bin/xfce4-keyboard-settings
16K /usr/bin/xfce4-kiosk-query
56K /usr/bin/xfce4-mime-helper
80K /usr/bin/xfce4-mime-settings
84K /usr/bin/xfce4-mouse-settings
144K /usr/bin/xfce4-notes
24K /usr/bin/xfce4-notes-settings
156K /usr/bin/xfce4-notifyd-config
340K /usr/bin/xfce4-panel
16K /usr/bin/xfce4-pm-helper
4.0K /usr/bin/xfce4-popup-applicationsmenu
16K /usr/bin/xfce4-popup-clipman
4.0K /usr/bin/xfce4-popup-clipman-actions
4.0K /usr/bin/xfce4-popup-directorymenu
16K /usr/bin/xfce4-popup-notes
24K /usr/bin/xfce4-popup-whiskermenu
4.0K /usr/bin/xfce4-popup-windowmenu
188K /usr/bin/xfce4-power-manager
160K /usr/bin/xfce4-power-manager-settings
168K /usr/bin/xfce4-screensaver
16K /usr/bin/xfce4-screensaver-command
32K /usr/bin/xfce4-screensaver-configure
96K /usr/bin/xfce4-screensaver-preferences
128K /usr/bin/xfce4-screenshooter
48K /usr/bin/xfce4-sensors
248K /usr/bin/xfce4-session
16K /usr/bin/xfce4-session-logout
168K /usr/bin/xfce4-session-settings
72K /usr/bin/xfce4-settings-editor
40K /usr/bin/xfce4-settings-manager
4.0K /usr/bin/xfce4-set-wallpaper
128K /usr/bin/xfce4-taskmanager
272K /usr/bin/xfce4-terminal
4.0M total

Only 4MB for xfce.
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