On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:27:46 -0800, andyschipowitz wrote:
> Tanenbaum outlines his vision for a grandma-proof OS
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> | Software today is blighted by being too bloated, says Andrew
> Tanenbaum
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> | "Maybe the direction Linux could go would be [as] the system that is
> | ultra reliable, that works all the time and has not got all the
> | problems that you get in Windows," he suggested.
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He does have a point.
Some applications are just too large and sluggish.
A friend of mine installed Roxio's latest EZCD and it literally ground a
Pentium 4 2.x ghz with a gig of memory to a halt.
Removing the beast was not easy either as it left around a lot of litter
in the registry.
I'll admit I have never had problems like that with Linux applications
with the exception of things like flashplayer that leave things like
libraries in obscure /mozilla/xxx directories.
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