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Linux Is 'Bloated and Huge,' Says Its Creator
Linux has long been lauded for its low hardware requirements and fast operation. It's even been crammed into cell phones, like those powered by Google's Android. Yet Linux creator Linus Torvalds seems to think the little operating system that could is getting a little soft around the middle.According to the Register, Torvalds told a roundtable during this week's LinuxCon that Linux was getting "bloated and huge," more succinctly adding, "Yes, it's a problem." As Linux has added features and support for more hardware -- necessary to compete against Microsoft and Apple -- the core of the OS, or kernel, has grown so fast that developers can't keep up with it. According to an Intel study, the performance of the Linux kernel has degraded by 2-percent with each of the last ten releases. Torvalds complained, "I mean, sometimes it's a bit sad that we are definitely not the streamlined, small, hyper-efficient kernel that I envisioned 15 years ago.
