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====== Lightweight Software ====== | ====== Lightweight Software ====== | ||
- | A program should only use the resources (memory, CPU load) which is absolutely | + | A program should only use the resources (memory, CPU load) which is necessary for the task it should accomplish plus the resources it needs to provide the user with a usable interface. |
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+ | Although we prefer programs with a text interface (CLI or TUI programs), because they are lower on resource usage mostly, we recognize that there are use cases where a graphical program (with a GUI) is more reasonable. When it his is the case, we prefer the program that does the job in a reasonable way and has the smallest footprint. | ||
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+ | See also [[How we measure]] |
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