On Tue, 20 Sep 2022 06:56:20 -0600
"Theo de Raadt" <deraadt@openbsd.org> wrote:
> Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org> wrote:
>
> > On 2022/09/20 14:07, Marc Espie wrote:
> > > Note that gimp itself has some control over memory used
> > > under various circumstances in its Preferences.
> > >
> > > I haven't seen any indication that authors in this thread
> > > are even aware those parameters exist.
> >
> > Probably not because users shouldn't have to fiddle with memory
> > prefs (whether that's in the OS or the application) for basic use
> > of the software..
>
> what do you mean?!?! i've been tuning my system to allow succesfull
> use of ls and emacs for decades! what a crazy idea that software
> should "Just Work", in these days of rampant elephants, that idea
> will never take off.
This is very wise, too many other operating systems, are too bloated
with shiny eye candy and other nonsense.
More bloatware usually adds more vulnerabilities as I recall, anyhow.
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