Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: candycanearter07 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Less Is More Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 05:40:07 -0000 (UTC) Organization: the-candyden-of-code Lines: 77 Message-ID: References: <17cc53d277e9d24d$231972$197378$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> Injection-Date: Sun, 05 May 2024 07:40:08 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="416bcec3944c80759d6ef2639c42d5c5"; logging-data="1796777"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18x5jJQuyAttjuGhJsoCp6PIZ7vSd4BG2W4aIXPmN2+eA==" User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.4-9 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:JPsLXzU+kXjLQnefbKCAVKBks3o= X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA] wrote at 15:48 this Saturday (GMT): > How much should a GUI cost, in terms of program size. > > How much is my GUI: > > [~]# ls -l /usr/bin/Xorg > -rws--x--x 1 root root 2245080 Jul 29 2023 /usr/bin/Xorg > > [~]# ls -l /usr/local/bin/fvwm3 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 876552 May 1 07:13 /usr/local/bin/fvwm3 > > Total: 3121632 bytes or approx. 3.1 Mb. > > 3.1 Mb! Holy shiite! > > Yes indeed. My entire GUI is supported by only 3.1 Mb of code. > > Mainline distros likely can't do any more with 3.1 GIGABYTES. > > Brother, if you aren't rolling your own, your head is in desperate > need of a cat scan. > > Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! > $ du -ch /usr/bin/xfce4-* 108K /usr/bin/xfce4-about 56K /usr/bin/xfce4-accessibility-settings 76K /usr/bin/xfce4-appearance-settings 140K /usr/bin/xfce4-appfinder 72K /usr/bin/xfce4-clipman 40K /usr/bin/xfce4-clipman-history 84K /usr/bin/xfce4-clipman-settings 80K /usr/bin/xfce4-color-settings 116K /usr/bin/xfce4-dict 344K /usr/bin/xfce4-display-settings 20K /usr/bin/xfce4-find-cursor 92K /usr/bin/xfce4-keyboard-settings 16K /usr/bin/xfce4-kiosk-query 56K /usr/bin/xfce4-mime-helper 80K /usr/bin/xfce4-mime-settings 84K /usr/bin/xfce4-mouse-settings 144K /usr/bin/xfce4-notes 24K /usr/bin/xfce4-notes-settings 156K /usr/bin/xfce4-notifyd-config 340K /usr/bin/xfce4-panel 16K /usr/bin/xfce4-pm-helper 4.0K /usr/bin/xfce4-popup-applicationsmenu 16K /usr/bin/xfce4-popup-clipman 4.0K /usr/bin/xfce4-popup-clipman-actions 4.0K /usr/bin/xfce4-popup-directorymenu 16K /usr/bin/xfce4-popup-notes 24K /usr/bin/xfce4-popup-whiskermenu 4.0K /usr/bin/xfce4-popup-windowmenu 188K /usr/bin/xfce4-power-manager 160K /usr/bin/xfce4-power-manager-settings 168K /usr/bin/xfce4-screensaver 16K /usr/bin/xfce4-screensaver-command 32K /usr/bin/xfce4-screensaver-configure 96K /usr/bin/xfce4-screensaver-preferences 128K /usr/bin/xfce4-screenshooter 48K /usr/bin/xfce4-sensors 248K /usr/bin/xfce4-session 16K /usr/bin/xfce4-session-logout 168K /usr/bin/xfce4-session-settings 72K /usr/bin/xfce4-settings-editor 40K /usr/bin/xfce4-settings-manager 4.0K /usr/bin/xfce4-set-wallpaper 128K /usr/bin/xfce4-taskmanager 272K /usr/bin/xfce4-terminal 4.0M total Only 4MB for xfce. -- user is generated from /dev/urandom