> fu> if you just wanted to borrow something like their calculator, or the neat
> fu> little task manager, you would need to install almost the entire desktop
> fu> environment. for one little program.
> Ditto for Gnome - when I ran Lubuntu, loading a single nifty applet
> would need a ton of supporting files and libraries. I don't recall if
> the *second* applet was any lighter...
Looking at it from a different angle... there was a machine I bought with
linux pre-installed that was set to use gnome. This was before it got its
"touchscreen" look and the way it was configured it worked well.
There were applications that, if you tried to remove them, they would
indicate that the whole of gnome would be removed with it... libraries and all.
I always wondered why they were set up that way.
Mike
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