Plugin Bloat (speeding up OpenOffice?)

[me at mattgillen.net (Matthew Gillen)]

Rich Braun wrote:
> The universe of software is far larger than a standard distro; I intentionally
> didn't name which app I'd installed, because my larger point (that hasn't been
> refuted) is that the applications people *typically* use (such as Firefox) are
> on a path toward bloat (even though there are now and always have been
> lighter-weight alternatives).  If you stray too far from typical apps, you
> have a different set of challenges to deal with.

Fair enough. I agree wholeheartedly.  But getting back to my original point,
that's the fault of the app, and not the whole of linux.

> Taking up the challenge about using distros instead of downloaded .tgz files: 
> ...
> The app I installed was a Wiki engine.  Just for yuks, I went over to the
> Fedora core website to see if their product includes a wiki.  Couldn't learn
> much about it but was *rather* amused to find that the Fedora site itself runs
> on a wiki called MoinMoin.  Available for download.  In .tgz format.  *Not*
> and rpm.  ;-)

Your point at the top of this message is well taken, but this particular
example is a bad one; MoinMoin is in Fedora Extras:

$ yum info moin
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Available Packages
Name   : moin
Arch   : noarch
Version: 1.5.5
Release: 1.fc6
Size   : 4.7 M
Repo   : extras
Summary: MoinMoin is a Python clone of WikiWiki
Description:
A WikiWikiWeb is a collaborative hypertext environment, with an emphasis on
easy access to and modification of information. MoinMoin is a Python
WikiClone that allows you to easily set up your own wiki, only requiring a
Web server and a Python installation.

Matt

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