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Not sure I'm a fan of that. That's over 300 MiB down the drain for no apparent reason since even 7 years old systems (e.g. Windows 8.1) can just install the run
by qayxc 5y ago
Not sure I'm a fan of that. That's over 300 MiB down the drain for no apparent reason since even 7 years old systems (e.g. Windows 8.1) can just install the runtime system-wide without issue.
- sedatk 5y agoIf you follow the developer on Twitter[1], he's tried every alternative approach and they just didn't work for various reasons. He's been very open about his process. [1] https://twitter.com/rickbrewPDN https://twitter.com/rickbrewPDN
- qayxc 5y agoInteresting stuff. I understand the approach from a deployment perspective (makes it much easier to support multiple platforms), but I still hate the idea of basically having 300+ MiB of duplicated data on my drive. If only WinFS would've worked or NTFS would have built-in de-duplication...
- atatatat 5y agoCan you more specifically link, or hint to which tweet(s) discuss this?
- sedatk 5y agoHere's one: https://twitter.com/rickbrewpdn/status/1425657626520555521?s=21 https://twitter.com/rickbrewpdn/status/1425657626520555521?s...