On Mon 16 Feb 2015 at 20:39:41 +0530, Sivaram Neelakantan wrote: > As I had earlier posted, I have recently upgraded to Jessie. During > bootup I see lots of stuff being started like Exim, ldap etc. I'd > like to disable lots of these stuff if it doesn't interfere with KDE > the environment that I currently use(I used a KDE live CD install).
The condition you make implies a willingness to investigate what each of these services does and how its removal (or disablement) impacts *your* use of the system. Only then can you make an informed decision. > I have no idea what services KDE uses,what's important and what > isn't necessary. The debian security handbook is a bit tough going > for me. Asking about a *particular* service may be a more fruitful avenue of approach. > Are there any tools that guide me through disabling/enabling various > services? If you don't want to use a service apt-get purge <package> works wonders. > And where do I start reading to make my booting faster and make my > system a wee bit more secure? systemctl and systemd-analyze blame plus the manual pages should get you started. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/16022015154120.a7764b882...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
