Juliusz Chroboczek wrote: >>> glibc chews up what, twenty megabytes? >> [citation needed] > > $ dpkg -s libc6 locales | grep ^Installed-Size: > Installed-Size: 11452 > Installed-Size: 11752 That has been built for normal desktop use. I use glibc in MiniMyth and it between 2MB and 3MB.