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Re:Browser Bloat (1996) by icebraining on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @09:45AM (#12390010)
Which then begs the question, "I only need the English version. Why am I forced to download a dozen other languages I'll never read or even knew existed?"

Because packagers don't have the patience to split them up. LibreOffice on Debian & derivatives, for example, has a different package for each localization plus a different package for the Help files in each language.

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