Freebsd vs. linux

[Chris]

Anthony Atkielski wrote:
> Chris writes:
> 
> 
>>That's a matter of point of view. If the user using FBSD uses a WM of
>>his/her choice, and they are happy with the way if works - there isn't
>>an issue.
> 
> 
> Perhaps, but in a more objective sense, GUIs are an unnecessary
> complication on servers.  Most of the time, nobody is looking at the
> monitor.  Sometimes there is no monitor.  A GUI just squanders resources
> on a server that might need those resources for something else someday.
> None of the server operations that a sysadmin might have to carry out
> needs a GUI.  Operations that must be done remotely are a thousand times
> faster to do with a simple terminal CLI than with a bandwidth-hogging
> GUI.  And the present of a GUI on the server destabilizes the machine,
> for reasons I have already explained.
> 

I will agree on this point - A server does not NEED to a WM (none of 
mine do). However, I am speaking from a desktop point of view.


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Best regards,
Chris

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