On Mon, 17 Feb 2025, tom ehlert via Freedos-devel wrote:
I think that every program beyond the default MSDOS programs raises some level
of noise.
They might be useful, but having hundred of unknown (to me) programs thrown
into the same \BIN\ directory doesn't motivate
me to search HELP on all of them until I finally find something useful.
This.
I think if there's any particular source of bloat in operating systems
these days - not FreeDOS specifically, as it's a thing on Debian too -
it's the kitchen sink mentality. I can see adding stuff like CD-ROM
drivers or tools to support common hardware but the idea I've seen in many
places of making the OS contain every conceivable software package is just
unreasonable. Especially when they _don't work properly._
-uso.
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