On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Dr. Ed Morbius <dredmorb...@gmail.com>wrote:
> 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. > > Yes I do agree that it is better to keep the server as lean as possible. That is why I will not install the XServer I will just use apt to handle the dependencies but I will check that xauth is also installed. I think that I need xauth to tunnel X11 through ssh. Dan
