From: not@telling.you.invalid   
      
   Richard Kettlewell  wrote:   
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  writes:   
   >> Ben Collver wrote:   
   >>> Fallacies Advocating Software Bloat   
   >>   
   >> A lot of the arguments seem to be handwaving, doctrinaire stuff.   
   >   
   > None of the claimed positions actually cite any real, specific people   
   > who hold them. The author appears to be arguing with people who exist   
   > only inside their own head.   
      
   At least so far as the first argument goes, it definitely reflects   
   the attitude of some Linux kernel developers:   
      
   From the LKML:   
   "On Tue, Apr 08, 2025 at 11:16:26AM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:   
    > On Sun, 6 Apr 2025, Borislav Petkov wrote:   
    >> I don't have your old rust and maybe you should simply throw it   
    >> in the garbage - that thing is probably not worth the   
    >> electricity it uses to power up... :-)   
    >   
    >  C'mon, these are good room heaters with nice extra side effects. ;)   
      
    Maybe we should intentionally prevent booting Linux on such machines and make   
    this our community's contribution in the fight against global warming!   
      
    :-P   
   "   
      
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