Binary incompatibility of Linux distributions

[marc]

Steven Susbauer said:

> On Thu, 21 May 2009 20:28:59 -0500, anthony baldwin
> <photodharma at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> What I'd be looking for in Arch would be greater ability to completely
>> customize my system, and not end up with bloat installed that I don't
>> need...like gnome, kde, or xfce.
>> Of course, crunchbang is a good option, in that case.
>>
>> /tony
> 
> This was my original reason for keeping away from Ubuntu, and using
> Gentoo exclusively. Then I noticed I could remove applications I didn't
> want installed without much trouble, or just install text only off the
> DVD and manually put in everything I want. I really think the bloat is a
> myth.

I agree with you... almost.

I run kde, mainly. A few days ago I noticed that when I run nautilus in 
kde, and then delete the app, it creates a background task, x-nautilus-
desktop - and leaves it there. This is what I consider bloat. It also 
happens that this bg task causes enormous slowdowns to kde and some ugly 
side effects.

I just hope this is a bug.

-- 
Best,
Marc

"Change requires small steps."