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[–] 3 points 3 days ago (1 child)

While I agree this is funny, if you even just install one flatpack like steam that is like 15+ gb by itself. A fairly comprehensive system with kde, gimp, blender office and more take up much less space.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    that is like 15+ gb by itself.

    Well, yeah. But once you install more, they reuse parts you already have. Looking at a single programs space use alone is pretty meaningless.

    It's like complaining that a calculator app takes 15 gigs because I installed a whole OS for it. Of course that'd be insane. But the next program you're installing, you are using that already installed 15 gigs. Then more you install, the less it is using per program, thanks to deduplication and shared runtimes.

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