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[Billie Walsh]

On 03/29/2014 10:42 AM, Steve Riley wrote:
> On 2014-03-29 at 13:07, Matthew Cliffe <mattjcliffe at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The "everyone owns a mega computer so resources dont matter" is a silly
>> argument and just leads to sloppy work and lends itself as the "perfect
>> excuse".
> Because "a few computers still have limited resources means that software should implement fewer features and never take advantage of resource abundance" is a silly argument and just leads to unnecessary skimpiness and lends itself as the ideal fallback for whining about getting "left behind" by progress.
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> On 2014-03-29 at 08:57, Billie Walsh <bilwalsh at swbell.net> wrote:
>> I completely agree with Matthew. I have an Asus EeePC. It has 2 gig
>> memory and a 64 gig SSD running Kubuntu 12.04/32 bit. I do appreciate
>> the work the devs do, but they need to keep K. I. S S. in mind.
> No. Kubuntu does not attempt to be a minimalist distribution for low-resource computers. While it strives to accommodate a wide range, it should never be held back to low denominators. Furthermore, support for 32-bit hardware should have been dropped with 12.04. Software must always push hardware.
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> ...Steve
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I didn't say it needed to be "minimalist". I said the devs should keep 
K. I. S. S.  in mind.  Be aware of unnecessary code bloat and utilities 
that require huge amounts of clock time and resources.

My main computers at home are quad core 12 and 16 gig memory. My main 
laptop is a dual core with 4 gigs, not a power house but still.

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I may be crazy, but crazy is better than stupid.

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