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James Miller wrote:
>
> "Consider these memory requirements for Fedora Core 2, as 
> specified by Red Hat: Minimum for graphical: 192MB and 
> Recommended for graphical: 256MB
> Linux is getting very fat.

Fedora is getting very fat.

> Arch Linux or Slackware run Gnome on 128 MB, but not very 
> comfortably when you load 2-3 apps at the same time

Gnome is getting very fat.

> desktops and apps are bloating beyond control, 

Desktops are getting very fat.

> and it's starting to put Linux in a troublesome situation. 

Linux != Fedora.  Linux != Gnome.  Linux != Desktops.

What we have is some people developing distributions and
applications (based on Linux) for the great unwashed, the
mass market:  point and click, pre-configured everything, 
wall-to-wall eye-candy.  

Yes, all of that rubbish creates bloat.  And the more you 
do for the idiot user, the more bloat you get.  But that 
has nothing to do with Linux.

Cheers,
Steven