> As Serge Guelton said in a followup email, one of the reasons that Linux distros use dynamic linking is to reduce the disk usage and bandwidth requirement fo

> As Serge Guelton said in a followup email, one of the reasons that Linux distros use dynamic linking is to reduce the disk usage and bandwidth requirement for updates. There are a number of ways to solve the latter problem, though: dnf, for example, includes the ability to download only the diff between your installed RPM and the version you're upgrading to.