> Interestingly most apps that depend on Qt, WebKit or ICU include their own copies of this libraries.
So you're not a Linux user, ok. In that case there really are not that much shared libraries. Using a free desktop means that a large majority of all programs you use requires the same set of shared libraries. And as least in KDE and Gnome, there is a large number of small programs running in the background.
> I can't help but feel that when you have systems with 4,000 binaries in your PATH, something has gone terribly wrong.
A quick "ls /usr/bin | wc -l" gives me 3135. Considering this is not the whole PATH, I think 4000 is a normal number.
In Linux distributions, programs don't have to ship their own versions of anything. Maybe you should try it.
Using something, then reaching a conclusion that is on the "next level" often have surprising similarities to conclusions made by people that haven't started using it at all.
> Interestingly most apps that depend on Qt, WebKit or ICU include their own copies of this libraries. So you're not a Linux user, ok. In that case there really are not that much shared libraries. Using a free desktop means that a large majority of all programs you use requires the same set of shared libraries. And as least in KDE and Gnome, there is a large number of small programs running in the background.
> I can't help but feel that when you have systems with 4,000 binaries in your PATH, something has gone terribly wrong. A quick "ls /usr/bin | wc -l" gives me 3135. Considering this is not the whole PATH, I think 4000 is a normal number.
In Linux distributions, programs don't have to ship their own versions of anything. Maybe you should try it.