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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Apr-2024 10:31:03 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Fun fact: 5.2GB out of 6.7GB of the #Linux kernel's repository is commit history, and only 1.5GB is the kernel itself. #opensource https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmasterrace/comments/1cff7jx/fun_fact_52gb_out_of_67gb_of_the_linux_kernels/

   • Logickin λ (logickinlambda@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Apr-2024 12:31:46 JST Logickin λ

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     @nixCraft

     Someone: I don't like an OS with bloat! I am going to use Linux.

     Linux's commit history:

     btw, why do they keep the commit history?

   • Shannon Clark (rycaut@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Apr-2024 12:35:21 JST Shannon Clark

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     @nixCraft I imagine Wikipedia is likely similar perhaps even more extreme (version history plus discussions)