Re: Be Minimal Or Be Square

On 2025-05-11, Lester Thorpe <lt@gnu.rocks> wrote:

Check out the following article and consider how it may apply
to the "modern" GNU/Linux distro, i.e. systemd, GNOME, etc.
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https://spectrum.ieee.org/lean-software-development
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Note: to avoid being besieged by all the javashit popups just
load the URL into links -g:
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links -g https://spectrum.ieee.org/lean-software-development &
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In my learned opinion, the do-it-all-for-the-user approach to
programming is a big part of the problem, and that's one big
reason (but most certainly not the only big reason) why I prefer
GNU/Linux.  I can easily build and configure my system to be
highly minimalistic.
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But as systemd, GNOME, etc. are revealing, the DIAFTU approach
is making much headway within GNU/Linux and this is not good
at all.
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At least for know, we still have for the most part the option to choose
small binaries, simply programs which don't have so many layers of
bloat.

As long as this remains a viable option for Linux users, I'm good.