i have used a Linux distribution since 1993 and it frankly scares me that distributions nowadays are blurring the line between a server and a desktop.
What do I mean by that statement?
Well, one should never, ever, put a GUI (Graphical User Interface) such as KDE or Gnome or even plain old Xorg on a server.
RedHat led the way in this area, now Ubuntu is following. Sure many others have done such a stupid thing along the away but that does not make it right. In fact, I think it is downright dangerous.
I have built and installed at many locations around the world servers and desktops and not once in all the years I have done it have I installed a GUI on a server.
If you or your server administrators have anything about them at all they will not, nah, they should not, need a GUI to get things done. If they do then they are sorely lacking the most basic skills a Linux Administrator should have and those skills are the ability to wake up a seemingly dead server from the commandline.
What if for whatever reason the X server or GUI woke bootup?
I will say it again. Putting Xorg and a GUI on a server it downright stupid at best and downright dangerous at worse.
What do I mean by that statement?
Well, one should never, ever, put a GUI (Graphical User Interface) such as KDE or Gnome or even plain old Xorg on a server.
RedHat led the way in this area, now Ubuntu is following. Sure many others have done such a stupid thing along the away but that does not make it right. In fact, I think it is downright dangerous.
I have built and installed at many locations around the world servers and desktops and not once in all the years I have done it have I installed a GUI on a server.
If you or your server administrators have anything about them at all they will not, nah, they should not, need a GUI to get things done. If they do then they are sorely lacking the most basic skills a Linux Administrator should have and those skills are the ability to wake up a seemingly dead server from the commandline.
What if for whatever reason the X server or GUI woke bootup?
I will say it again. Putting Xorg and a GUI on a server it downright stupid at best and downright dangerous at worse.
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