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Lee Forrest wrote:
>
> > On my fastest computer I have source code for two kernels,
> > uclibc, busybox source code, and some collections of music
> > (midi files, sheet music) and lots of photos. So about 1GB or
> > even more.
> 
> A thousand megabytes is not tiny.

I'm going to defend Sindi here (not something I normally have
to do).  Kernel sources are huge (particularly 2.4 and above).
Obviously you will need a thousand megabytes or more for a
proper development platform.

That does not obviate the fact that Sindi does run a minimal 
Linux for her day-to-day (non-developmental) activities.

> > I did NOT add gs, just a set of 12 basic fonts from gs (I
> > could possibly have gotten them from some place else instead
> > but I had gs) which is needed by the pdftopbm convertor
> 
> So pdftopbm needs gs. That's not tiny.

Again I defend Sindi.  She said that she does not use gs.
Yes, pdftopbm needs fonts.  Yes, the place she happened to 
get those fonts was from a gs package.  But that does not 
mean pdftopbm needs gs.

I would be grateful if Lee and Sindi would stop this thread 
(or at least take it off list).  It is doing none of us any 
good.

Cheers,
Steven