[ale] centos

[James P. Kinney III]

On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 01:01 -0500, Jim Popovitch wrote:

> 
> Actually it was: rpm -e portmap nfs-utils ypbind fam gnome-vfs2 yp-tools
> redhat-config-nfs libgnome libbonoboui gnome-python2-bonobo libgnomeui
> gnome-python2 redhat-config-httpd redhat-config-bind
> redhat-config-services redhat-config-network redhat-config-packages cups
> redhat-lsb redhat-config-printer redhat-config-printer-gui at mdadm apmd
> 
> Why the heck all that is needed for an internet server install is beyond
> me (not really).  I guess that RH/Centos just throw cups and portmap/nfs
> stuff in there in the rare case that someone wants to build an NFS or
> printer server.  I would think that the likelihood is greater that when
> some installs the server version they DON'T want cups, portmap/nfs as
> well as apmd.  Really, what the heck good is apmd on a server?

 why is pcmcia running on a server? I can understand cups (loads of
samba servers doing printing) and NFS (it _is_ a service. NFS v4 is a
big improvement). 

I think the reason all of theX stuff is installed by default on a server
is for console use. The default runlevel is 3, but you _can_ run startx
if you need/want to. Not all of the gui tools for admin have as
functional of an equivalent in the ncurses version. 

But then, a REAL admin doesn't use a mouse and starts to twitch and
drool a bit when they are remove from a command line...
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