Re: Linux distro

mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com ("Merlin Moncure") writes:
> On 8/2/07, Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net> wrote:
>> Pardon me for being the contrarian, but why does a server need a
>> GUI? Isn't that just extra RAM & CPU overhead that could be more
>> profitably put to use powering the application?
>
> A server with a GUI sitting on a login screen is wasting zero
> resources. Some enterprise management tools are in java which
> require a GUI to use so there is very little downside to installing
> X, so IMO a lightweight window manager is appropriate...a full gnome
> is maybe overkill. Obviously, you want to turn of the 3d screen
> saver :-)

The server does not need the overhead of having *any* of the "X
desktop" things running; it doesn't even need an X server.

You don't need X running on the server in order use those "enterprise
management" tools; indeed, in a "lights out" environment, that server
hasn't even got a graphics card, which means that an X server *can't*
be running on it.
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