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Re:Tabby – A Terminal for the Modern Age by usrbinbash on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @03:05PM (#29556773)
So is my current terminal app, which clocks in at 250 kilobyte. And its memory and CPU footprint is so low, I can't find it in htop without filtering.
Re:Tabby – A Terminal for the Modern Age by phist_mcgee on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @04:20PM (#29557978)
What is this, code golf? Why does it matter in the end? People are allowed to choose, and pooh poohing something just because it doesn't fit your idea of productivity apps isn't very helpful.
Re:Tabby – A Terminal for the Modern Age by pritambaral on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @06:32AM (#29564533)
> People are allowed to choose ...

Your parent isn't forcing anyone to choose the same way as them. They're just advertising facts that inform a buyer when choosing. Your aggression, on the other hand ...

> ... pooh poohing something just because it doesn't fit your idea of productivity apps isn't very helpful.

The way you're pooh poohing your parent's criticism because it doesn't fit your idea of what matters and what not, isn't very helpful.

Re:Tabby – A Terminal for the Modern Age by usrbinbash on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @06:42AM (#29564620)
People are also allowed to voice their opinion about the performance characteristics of applications, and their use-case to resource-footprint ratio.
Re:Tabby – A Terminal for the Modern Age by HenrikB on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @04:01PM (#29557675)
Sinclair ZX81 is calling and wanna have a word about memory requirements :p
Re:Tabby – A Terminal for the Modern Age by clajiness on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @07:07PM (#29560013)
/r/gatekeeping
Re:Tabby – A Terminal for the Modern Age by ASalazarMX on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @05:19PM (#29572322)
r/LostRedditors