While Linux’s ability to run on minimal hardware has already proven itself to be a major advantage over Microsoft Windows and other operating systems, a recent Lifehacker article that shows how to make your Linux system faster points out that even Linux is not immune to becoming bloated and slow. Although many of the tips shown in the the Lifehacker article are distribution specific and are almost all are minor changes, the article shows that it is important that users and developers are careful that unnecessary slowdowns and resource-eaters are removed before they become too tied in with the system. Although Linux distributions may not yet have encountered the bloat problems that plague Windows, in large part due to the excellent work of many developers, as Linux is adopted more and more is will become even more critical that developers and users watch for bloat and get rid of it as soon as possible.