Re: Linux distro

On 8/3/07, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> they do, but experience has shown it is prudent to be able to
> administrate the hardware directly from the box.
I'm curious: which aspect of hardware administration
on a Linux box would require X (to be running)? If I *really*
needed applet such-and-such I could still run it easily, with
less overhead and w/o the X server even being installed on
the big iron from my desktop ...

ssh -X user(at)server whizbangGUItool

> I expect trend of desktop style management to continue
> (for the record, I would really prefer these devices to present
> html interfaces vs. java).
I'm afraid you're right - and it was what I dislike(d) most about
Oracles products. The fact that 10g ships with the actual database
on a CD, and the admin stuff on DVDs. Friggin nightmare.

> I'm actually recently converted from the 'anti-x' camp. This is
> because I'm now using linux on a desktop and found it to be remarkably
> efficient but also was recently in a situation where I regretted not
> having it installed. I completely understand and sympathize with the
> other side of the argument however. I just don't care anymore, maybe
> I'm getting old :-).
Nuh mate, that's not old, it's inefficient (and too lazy to know
the ropes, relying on an "intuitive GUI") ;} ...
/me ducks

> merlin

Cheers,
Andrej

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