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Excuse me? On Windows, "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome" takes 603 MiB only — and it contains a 295 MiB file called "chrome.7z" inside an "Installer" subdi

Excuse me? On Windows, "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome" takes 603 MiB only — and it contains a 295 MiB file called "chrome.7z" inside an "Installer" subdirectory. What does Linux distribution contains that takes the rest of the space?

nwallin 4y ago
That's not the Linux distribution, it's the source code. Straight from Google. https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-official/chromium-110.0.5481.177.tar.xz https://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/chromium-browser-of... The compiled binary is much smaller: ~ $ du -h /usr/lib64/chromium-browser 16K /usr/lib64/chromium-browser/MEIPreload 360K /usr/lib64/chromium-browser/locales 383M /usr/lib64/chromium-browser
- Joker_vD 4y ago
  Huh, so the size comparison actually goes "compiled binary" < "debug symbols" < "source code", interesting to know, thanks.
  - ddulaney 4y ago
    Debug symbols are often larger than the original source code though. The main culprit is C++ template expansions, which can get crazy long.