Linux fat/bloated

Peter plp-ysDPMY98cNQDDBjDh4tngg at public.gmane.org
Wed Apr 5 17:29:17 UTC 2006


On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> Besides the dependancies are handled entirely by the packaging system,
> all you ahve to do is tell it what packages you want installed and it
> handles everything else for you.

Yes, assuming all the packages come from the same distribution and 
generation. G*d help you if you want to mix from various distros or 
generations, however.

Peter
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