On 9/12/06, Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone actually run X-Windows on a production server? I've found it to > be very unstable, and in general you shouldn't run X on a production web > server.
I used to find X-Windows unstable... heck, just getting it to start up was a major PITA if you were on anything but the most tested/common of set-ups. Not to mention you could blow out your monitor, or various other bits of hardware while getting it set up... Quite a bit has changed since then. SuSE & RH for instance, default to using a windowed environ now(generally). It's worked out of the box on 90% of the systems I've installed them on. But X-Windows has been used /for years/ on production servers, it is probably the de facto for "remote desktop" linux. It was designed to be used remotely, which is more than you could say for windows, /for years/. =] I think the main issue now is not stability so much as security. That said, GUIs take up a good bit of resources, I'd figure. That's always a concern, I reckon, on a dedicated server. But I knew lots of places that gave remote X access as part of the deal, and some of our servers are running it, with no problems, for months (years, if we didn't have power failures) at a time. It's pretty hard to manage that with windows boxes, and GUI is the only option there. I've been on a CF kick for a bit, so my info is old, but I'm pretty sure you'd find production servers running X, or virtual servers running X, in many places. Be sure you got that forwarding set up right though, is probably the most important part. They finally defaulted to turning the X-windows forwarding off on fresh installs, IIRC. It is a security concern. But I gotta give mad props to the X-windows folks, it has /really/ come a long way. *nix GUI isn't the black pit of hell it was back in the day. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:252929 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
