On 2011/05/08 16:02 (GMT+0200) Anders Johansson composed:
Felix Miata wrote:
It's detailed enough I have no problem finding strigi, apparmor, splashy, kdepim4, gtk2-immodule*, bluez, ktorrent, and other nuisances and bloatware
Call them nuisances if you want, but calling it bloatware just tells me you don't know the meaning of the word "bloat".
I wrote that when I should have been sleeping, so maybe I could have chosen a better word. That said, maybe it's you who needs to look up its meaning. Synonyms: swell, inflate, enlarge, balloon http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bloat All those words to me apply to software I neither need nor want nor will use nor are actually required by software I will or might use. Those packages if left installed will eat into HD freespace, slow rpm DB management and access, and waste time and bandwidth at updates time. In particular among those I listed, splashy along with its partner bootsplash swell initrds and get in the way of legible boot messages at boot time. They're unnecessary, and thus bling, aka bloat. None are essential to a functional KDE on a desktop system free of wireless connectivity and yet if I were to choose packages to install entirely via (base) patterns, all would get installed. Thus, each must be individually tabooed if their installation is unwanted, bloating installation time. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org