Strange facts against Fedora bloat

[Dan]

Aaron Konstam wrote:
> In an article by Mick Bauer in the June 2006 Linux Journal the following
> packages statistcs were quoted:
> Debian 15,000
> Suse !0.0  4,000
> RHEL ES4  1,700 (includes Extras)
>
> Well feeling that FC5 was bloated since growing to 5 CD-s I decided to
> count the RPMS. The result was 2190.
>
> Mick Bauer says that RedHat wants to be slim and trim. I am awed by the
> comparison of numbers of packages. I know there are Extras but still I
> never knew we were slim and trim before.
>   
That may be how many are on the media...but just extras has more than 
that, in addition to this number.
-Dan