on 15:41 Fri 11 Mar, Dan (ganc...@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > > I am going to prepare a File Server with Debian in a ProLiant and I think > that I will not install the X-Server. But I would like to run remotely some > gnome X programs with ssh. Which package should I install to do this, only > xauth or I also need xbase-clients plus the gnome programs?
You'll just need the x clients components. APT will handle those dependencies nicely for you. That's its job. Installing an X server is unnecessary unless you're running a display locally. Some remote display protocols (VNC, NX) essentially /do/ do this, and when used in this fashion, you could install /their/ X server components to satisfy requirements. For remote tunnelled SSH X11 clients, you're using your local X11 server. > Is it better for a File Server to make a text-based installation or it is > recommended to install also the X-Server to have GUI in the server? My preference is to keep servers as lean as possible. The CPU/disk/memory overhead is generally not a concern. Security/stability and risk of cruft is. Some vendors absolutely insist on having a full GUI installed to use, or (in the case of Oracle), simply to /install/ their products. Nuts. -- Dr. Ed Morbius, Chief Scientist / | Robot Wrangler / Staff Psychologist | When you seek unlimited power Krell Power Systems Unlimited | Go to Krell! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110311230907.gc26...@altaira.krellpowersys.exo
