On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 10:48:59AM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 11:27:08AM -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote: > > As someone who was once a total noob with linux, I assure you a > > file server does need a windowing system. > > To serve what possible need? How does serving files require X? How > does having X *enhance* the ease of serving files?
I think what Kelly means is that to an inexperienced system administrator, there are a lot of GUI tools that make overall adminstration of the server much easier to manage. Even after 11 years of managing Linux and Unix systems, I must admit that some tasks genuinely are easier to manage with their associated GUI front-end tools... even if I hate using them, and avoid them like the plague. The problem with such tools is they rarely encompass every configuration possibility, and they usually want you to do things their way. They tend to be a bit inflexible. But, for someone who is very inexperienced and just has basic needs, it's probably sufficient and a lot easier than trying to track down what file needs to be edited, or what man page needs to be read, if you can even figure out what piece of software does the job you're trying to reconfigure... But to say a file server needs X is just silly. What is needed is user (sysadmin) education. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0x81CFE75D
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