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Old December 29th 17, 12:04 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Mark Lloyd[_2_]
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On 12/28/2017 06:00 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 16:38:40 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:


1) do not "collect" software. Be minimalist and
only install what you need



I disagree. What you install is insignificant. What you run is
significant.



And even that isn't always significant. For most programs, if they are
running, but not actively being used, they quickly get paged out and
have no effect on performance or anything else.


It used to be that very few programs had to be installed. You just run
them.

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