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[Matthew Cliffe]

You missed the point using it as an excuse it's wrong and allows for lazy
and sloppy work. There is no such thing as the average system which makes
it hard to target. As I said before the point it's do not use " well I have
x resource so everyone else obviously does" as a reason for un optimized
code
On 29 Mar 2014 15:43, "Steve Riley" <steve at rileyz.net> wrote:

> On 2014-03-29 at 13:07, Matthew Cliffe <mattjcliffe at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The "everyone owns a mega computer so resources dont matter" is a silly
> > argument and just leads to sloppy work and lends itself as the "perfect
> > excuse".
>
> Because "a few computers still have limited resources means that software
> should implement fewer features and never take advantage of resource
> abundance" is a silly argument and just leads to unnecessary skimpiness and
> lends itself as the ideal fallback for whining about getting "left behind"
> by progress.
>
>
> On 2014-03-29 at 08:57, Billie Walsh <bilwalsh at swbell.net> wrote:
> >
> > I completely agree with Matthew. I have an Asus EeePC. It has 2 gig
> > memory and a 64 gig SSD running Kubuntu 12.04/32 bit. I do appreciate
> > the work the devs do, but they need to keep K. I. S S. in mind.
>
> No. Kubuntu does not attempt to be a minimalist distribution for
> low-resource computers. While it strives to accommodate a wide range, it
> should never be held back to low denominators. Furthermore, support for
> 32-bit hardware should have been dropped with 12.04. Software must always
> push hardware.
>
>
> ...Steve
>
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