Re: We need easier installation.
> That is indeed the problem. Of course, in your example, vi and emacs would
> _both_ have a high rating because they're so popular. But which vi, and
> which emacs? There are at least three vi's I know (nvi, elvis, vim) and at
> least three emacsen (emacs19, emacs20, xemacs). Some of these must be worse
> than others.
And, for example, I have both emacs20 and xemacs installed ;)
> To get an idea of how long it would take to run, try this command:
>
> ls -lu $(grep -h /bin/ /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list) | gzip -c >/dev/null
FWIW: 6 seconds on a PII 266 w 64M ram.
Matthew
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