17 Mar
2006
17 Mar
'06
3:59 p.m.
----- Thomas Vecchione <seablaede(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I dont know enough about kernel development or the
hundreds of other
topics that it can cover to give a pro/con version of doing the audio
flavor vs standard flavor myself, maybe others can do it. But I do
know
that while it is possible to create one distro that does it all, you
tend to end up with huge amounts of bloat doing this, and it causes
more
problems than it solves IMO rather than keeping small concentrated
flavors for what are essentially niche markets that fit that niche
VERY
well.
This is misinformation. A distribution with a large selection of packages does not equal
bloated. The way the user configures said distribution can make /that specific system/
bloated but this is not the same as the base system being bloated. A base Debian stable
installation with audio support and a graphical interface is under 400 megs. Don't
install X and you're down to 140 megs. Make a custom kernel and remove modules not on
your hardware and things get even smaller.
-lee