Linux fat/bloated

[Walter Dnes]

  See article at http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9590-6057456.html where
Nicholas Negroponte (a fan of linux, if there ever was one) admits the
obvious; linux needs to be slimmed down.  Here's my take on the root
cause... too damn many people trying to re-invent perl.  Perl is bad
enough itself; it's on OK operating system, but it lacks a lightweight
scripting language.  However, there seem to be a bunch of perl-clones
springing up all over the place.

  Install half-a-dozen apps, and you'll get tons of dll's
  - one app will require that you install perl
  - another app will require that you install python
  - another app will require that you install PHP
  - another app will require that you install QT
  - another app will require that you install GTK
  - another app will require that you install Java
  - another app will require that you install Ruby

...and the list goes on and on.  Install several apps, and you're using
a couple of gigs worth of libraries/dlls.  Launch several apps at once,
and if you don't have a couple of gigs of RAM to simultaneously hold all
the dlls and libraries, you'll be swapping big time.  Linux does need a
dictator to depracate some of the dll-madness.

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