Media and games. Only loaded and run when I’m using them.
Package dependencies? How much of that is loading at runtime? How many security holes and exploits is some sub, sub, sub package going to introduce?
200G of packages is 200G I can’t use for games and media.
Today it’s 200MB of dependencies and next thing you know it’s 200PB! When will the madness stop!
me, looking at literally any measurement of my system: We could get that lower
How it feels to install gentoo whole system is less than 20GB steam games makes it 100GB.
steam games
That’s cheating, you’re supposed to compile your games yourself
Part of this is from the nostalgia of never having to update your shit in the days of Windows 9x and Windows XP. Installing stuff never required a system update or an internet connection. Drivers were installed via floppy disk or CD. There were tons of other problems all the time of course but at least we didn’t have to remember to update stuff.