On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 09:22, mark wrote: > Well, I just read about RH "opening up the development process" to > outsiders, over on ZDNet. *Then* I read the "system requirements" for 10: > 200MHz for *non-graphical*, 400MHz for graphical...*minimum*. > > Does RedHat think they're the next M$?
You're flogging the wrong horse. RedHat is in the distribution business, not writing the software themselves. People keep wanting more features, support for more devices out of the box, prettier front-ends, etc. etc. The kernel developers keep adding more and more features, more devices. Gnome/KDE folks add more features, etc. etc. In the end, all the parts that make up Linux are becoming bloated *if* we accept all these options. Problem is, too many folks whine and complain if their device is not supported or their favorite feature does not work out of the box. So, those who do the distros, including but not limited to RedHat, try to please the greatest number of folks by the end of the initial install. So they have too many options enabled in the kernel, they choose the big flashy GUI's, other packages are optimized for feature-richness rather than performance/size. That's the bad news; as long as lots of folks whine because their favorite gee-whiz-bang bleeding-edge device is not supported out of the box, RH will continue to deliver a product that has maximal functionality after initial install. The good news is, you have the source, you can back in and slice, dice, and cut back to the minimum necessary for your environment. More work, but in the end you have a better, more optimized kernel. You can pick a more streamlined GUI. You can optimize other packages for speed. Take control rather than trying to blame RedHat - the enemy is everyone who wants a new device or feature, in other words ... US. - rick warner -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
