Debunking the ‘compiz is so bloated’ myth
I’ve got a Google Alerts hint set on compiz. That means that whenever something new pops up in Google’s index about compiz, I’m usually one of the first to know. Google sends me a nice little email saying exactly who is saying what about it.
A recent trend I’ve noticed is this myth that compiz is bloated.
My argument here is that compiz is not bloated but rather it is modular.
That last link is a nice little definition of bloat from Wikipedia:
Software bloat is a term used to describe the tendency of newer computer programs to have a larger installation footprint, or have many unnecessary features that are not used by end users, or just generally use more system resources than necessary, while offering little or no benefit to its users. – (c) Wikimedia Foundation
So the way I see it, there are three ways of defining software bloat:
* Large installation footprint
* Lots of unnecessary features
* Large memory / CPU footprint
I’m going to be focusing on the last one more, since that is the one that would be of most concern.
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