How to keep unnecessary processes from starting

[Derek Broughton]

Charles Howse wrote:

> 
> On Mar 10, 2009, at 11:10 AM, Jhair Tocancipa Triana wrote:
> 
>> Charles Howse <chowse at charter.net> writes:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I have 8.10-server-i386 running in command-line only.
>>> Surely some of the processes below are unnecessary.
>>> What's the best way to separate the wheat from the chaff?
>>>
>>
>> k* processes are chaff :-)...

> The only thing I use the machine for is to upload files for storage,
> and I need a pop3 server to get the system logs and reports via email
> on my Mac.

Well, a pop/imap or smtp server - you could _send_ them rather than
retrieving them.

> Could you lease explain why k* processes are chaff?

Let's assume he was making a rather poor attempt at a joke, since he put a
smiley on the line.  Generally process names beginning with "k"
are "kernel" tasks - so definitely not chaff.   Of course, kde tasks begin
with "k" too, but you don't have any...
-- 
derek