Linux fat/bloated

[Jamon Camisso]

Peter wrote:
> 
>> 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
> 
> Imho Perl is not so bad but I wish they had not obfuscated the manpages ...
> 
> Anyway shipping a Linux distro with 2,500 applications preinstalled 
> requires four nines for zero bugs. Also the dependency tree is at least 
> three deep for most applications. Unless something will be done about 
> this soon (esp. dependencies) bad things will start happening. A 3-deep 
> dependency tree is not sustainable imho. Maybe partially precompiled 
> libraries can reduce the depth of the dependency tree.

Take a look at klik then. I haven't used it myself, but it seems to beis 
gaining a decent following. Now of course, it is for desktop apps, but 
still... You'll notice, however, that OpenOffice is not available 
anywhere on the site ;)
http://klik.atekon.de/

Jamon
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