On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:59:19 +0200, Ralf wrote in message <1339610359.8093.26.camel@precise>:
> On Wed, 2012-06-13 at 19:44 +0200, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > [snip] > > Since I mentioned already that 30GB aren't that much today and Arnt > also didn't explain why, I feel the need to explain what at least is > my guess: > > A packages contains packed, compressed data, that means, that as soon > as it's "enpacked" and installed, the needed space is much more than > the bytes, the compressed package needs. ..to simplify further: ;o) 4350 packages installed onto 23GB, Karen could expand that to say 5673 packages: arnt@celsius:~/FG-git$ qalc 30Gbytes*4350/23Gbytes (30 * gigabyte * 4350) / (23 * gigabyte) = approx. 5673.913 ..which is roughly one sixth of what Debian can offer: arnt@celsius:~/FG-git$ qalc 30Gbytes*4350/23Gbytes/33823 ((30 * gigabyte * 4350) / (23 *gigabyte)) / 33823 = approx. 0.1677531 ..I'm able to squeeze in a little more into my 750GB laptop disk: arnt@celsius:~/FG-git$ qalc 750Gbytes*4350/23Gbytes (750 * gigabyte * 4350) / (23 * gigabyte) = approx. 141847.83 ..or if you will, 4 foie gras installs on top of Karen's. ;o) arnt@celsius:~/FG-git$ qalc 750Gbytes*4350/23Gbytes/33823 ((750 * gigabyte * 4350) / (23 * gigabyte)) / 33823 = approx. 4.1938275 arnt@celsius:~/FG-git$ -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120613210228.1f0ce...@celsius.lan
