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20MB? just check nano executable and it's 277KB, the whole .deb packages is 860 kB https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/nano https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/nan

• xyproto 3y ago
  gccgo + upx can reduce the size of Go executables considerably, usually below 1M.
  • makapuf 3y ago
    note that it does not reduce the memory size once loaded (and even prevents sharing pages when several instances are run since memory is written when decompressed, not read as a program binary is)
    • londons_explore 3y ago
      > even prevents sharing pages when several instances are run since memory is written when decompressed, not read as a program binary A shame the linux kernel doesn't have some way for packers to say "I am a packer, I run with access to nothing except the binary, therefore run me with no permissions and then share the pages I make with any user that executes me. If you like, you can even delete my output and reunpack me on-demand"
      • xyproto 3y ago
        That would be something!
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• swozey 3y ago
  I thought 20MB was a lot. I did "nano debian size" on google and one of them mentions - The Nano package contains a small, simple text editor which aims to replace Pico, ... Download size: 1.5 MB. Estimated disk space required: 20 MB. https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/postlfs/nano.html https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/postlfs/nano....
  • vdfs 3y ago
    That's not true for Debian either: https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/nano https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/nano But building from source is a different story, if you stripe and clean build dir it will be similar to prebuilt .deb