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1. Kev Quirk (kev@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jul-2018 08:24:19 EDT Kev Quirk

   So the feedback on my recent "Lightweight Linux" post has been...interesting.

   https://kevq.uk/the-insidious-linux-community/

   I'm so glad the whole of the #Linux #Community isn't this bad!

   1. Mike Stone :ubuntumate: (mike@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jul-2018 11:14:33 EDT Mike Stone :ubuntumate:

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      @kev Ug, reddit. Maybe this makes me a snob, but that's one place I prefer to only dip a toe in occasionally. There's way to much poison there for me to want to stay for long.

      1. Joseph DeFazio :fosstodon: (joseph@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jul-2018 11:40:50 EDT Joseph DeFazio :fosstodon:

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         @mike It's hard to avoid reddit. There's so much information there. I frequently end up there just when searching for an answer on DDG.

         @kev

   2. Mr. Matt :debian: :linux: (matt@linuxrocks.online)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jul-2018 12:09:04 EDT Mr. Matt :debian: :linux:

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      @kev the one benefit to a "lightweight" distribution, where packages installed is as minimal as possible, is that running updates uses minimum amount of storage and bandwidth. For the typical desktop user, though, this is basically meaningless (as you have said yourself).

      Also, maybe I'm just so used to it being the norm on the Internet, I don't even notice hostility anymore (as if a fnord)

   3. Dekkard (dekkard@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 30-Jul-2018 21:16:41 EDT Dekkard

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      @kev great read. I will say I thought about your points, and when all is said and done you are largely correct. Modern hardware is hugely powerful compared to that of just five years ago.. still there is a case for thrifty software.... At least in an ideological sense.
      Cheers!