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Re: LibreOffice Getting Too Bloated

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Adlbifhr Mjduhgfks wrote:

> Gentoo, the ONLY distro for REAL men, compiles ALL
> of my GNU/Linux software except for a few packages.
> 
> One of those packages is LibreOffice.
> 
> Gentoo wants to pull in icedtea instead of Oracle java
> and that is something, for certain reasons, which I cannot
> allow.  Thus, I am essentially forced to use the binary
> version of LibreOffice from their official repository.
> 
> My minimalist system 

Your minimalist system != bloat for the generic system.

The two are completely different.

> used to be able to accommodate the
> binary OpenOffice, but it does not suffice for the newer
> LibreOffice.  Here is a list of "extra" libraries which
> I have to manually include in the LO binary tree:
> 
> avahi-libs-0.6.31
> cups-libs-2.0.2
> dbus-glib-0.104
> keyutils-libs-1.5.9
> krb5-libs-1.13
> libselinux-2.3
> openssl-libs-1.0.2e
> 
> For what do they need this infernal shit?  I don't need
> a fucking print spooler.

Others might. There are lots of add ons. Like with firefox.
They exist because its needed.
For example, calc that uses GPU to do its maths
in fractions of a second compared to weeks
for microshit.

You can disconnect what you don't need.
But no point in screaming other's don't need it.
You don't speak for everyone.


> I don't need fucking network
> awareness.  So give me a fucking break, assholes.

Pointless ranting.
You don't speak for anyone.

> Well, today I downloaded the latest LO binary release and
> now I need even MORE extra libraries:
> 
> gnutls-3.3.22-1
> libtspi11-0.3.13
> nettle-2.7.1
> p11-kit-0.23.2
> 
> Holy fucking shit!  What the fuck is going on here?
> The package libtspi1 is to implement trusted computing!
> 
> The LO folks seem to be following the unstoppable trend
> of wanting to do everything simply because they CAN.
> But doing something just because one CAN do it is not
> a valid reason.
> 
> I am afraid that before too long I shall have compile LO
> from source MYSELF and remove all that useless cruft.
> 
> That would be best.  LO runs much faster if compiled from
> source.

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LibreOffice Getting Too Bloated Adlbifhr Mjduhgfks <am@random.us> - 2016-08-07 16:14 +0000
  Re: LibreOffice Getting Too Bloated flatfish+++ <flatfish4real@gmail.com> - 2016-08-07 12:28 -0400
  Re: LibreOffice Getting Too Bloated "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-08-07 17:34 +0000
    Re: LibreOffice Getting Too Bloated DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-08-08 13:51 -0400
      Re: LibreOffice Getting Too Bloated "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-08-09 03:21 +0000
        Re: LibreOffice Getting Too Bloated Adlbifhr Mjduhgfks <am@random.us> - 2016-08-09 13:09 +0000
          Re: LibreOffice Getting Too Bloated DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-08-09 10:20 -0400
          Re: LibreOffice Getting Too Bloated "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-08-09 15:19 +0000
        Re: LibreOffice Getting Too Bloated DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-08-09 10:17 -0400
          Re: LibreOffice Getting Too Bloated "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-08-09 14:57 +0000
            Re: LibreOffice Getting Too Bloated DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-08-09 11:25 -0400
  Re: LibreOffice Getting Too Bloated 7 <7@enemygadgets.com> - 2016-08-07 19:49 +0000
    Re: LibreOffice Getting Too Bloated Adlbifhr Mjduhgfks <am@random.us> - 2016-08-07 21:09 +0000
      Re: LibreOffice Getting Too Bloated 7 <7@enemygadgets.com> - 2016-08-07 22:51 +0000

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