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At the risk of this going completely off topic...
You left the MicroSoft operating systems, and other programs, off that list. I think they qualify for first place in regards to bloat.
It used to be that I could resurrect an old computer by simply installing a flavor of Linux on it, due to the small kernel and app size. That's no longer the case. Due to an apparent effort to out-bloat each other, I've had to stop at Fedora 14 on my machines, as they no longer support the minimum requirements of the newer kernel, Gnome3, and "beefier" apps. I haven't, as yet, tried the vaunted XFCE spin of F16 (soon, I hope!), but the distros that support smaller "footprints" are getting fewer and farther between, and even the "Puppy"-style distro isn't exactly useful beyond having a portable Linux image.
Still, folks like the XFCE, Mint (Cinnamon), and LXDE devs are trying to get back to what makes computing fun...
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