Linux and graphical UNIXes don’t actually need to be that big. I remember the old Suns as being pretty peppy. But it’s sad to see that the answer to Gates bloatware seems to be Torvalds bloatware. Anyone who wants to ride on the coattails of the latter may find it hard to keep from being bloatware themselves. More power to them, if they can rediscover the few-megabyte glory days of old. Pop in, say, an SD drive and you’re in hog heaven. Wouldn’t it be a hoot to plug your old style monitor and keyboard into a cellphone and get something attractive and usable (as human miniaturization is unlikely to come soon).
See My post #36. Linux even today is not necessarily bloatware.