Server comments

[Tom Smith]

Jim Bodkikns (Dakotacom) wrote:

>   The desktop is for graphical admin functions. I am not always
> available. It is extremely usefull to be able to have a less able
> person (albeit responsible person) admin common things. This is just
> out of the question absent a desktop. WebMin could be used I suppose,
> but not including a desktop is a false economy and just encourages the
> use of underpowered and configured systems as servers.
>
>   This is more about a deployed server than my personal server.

Huh? You lost me here... "Not including a dekstop is a false economy and
just encourages the use of underpowered and configured systems as
servers"? Are you on crack? lmao No, really... Are you? You must be.

What you're suggesting is that having a "desktop" will make people want
to buy bigger servers to handle... The "desktop".  The purpose of NOT
HAVING a desktop is to allow the server to use its resources to, well...
Serve. That's what a server is there for, to serve. Why on earth would I
install a "desktop" like Gnome or KDE on a server--they consume a couple
gigs of disk space along with a couple hundred megs of RAM (on the low
end), not to mention precious CPU cycles that work to keep these
"desktops" running. Wouldn't these resources be put to better use...
Serving? I think they would. ;-D