Daniel McFeeters wrote:
I agree. In my opinion, services should be OFF by default. Most beginner/home users will not need apache or ssh. If apache is needed for documentation, then it should be configured to listen only on localhost (I haven't check the configuration on SM 3.3 so I'm not sure if it's configured this way now). It would also be good if Mepis included a simple, graphical way to enable/disable services, maybe as an option in the system center. Right now, I believe, you can select services on install but you can't change them after install without using the CLI. Overall, I've got to say GREAT WORK. Mepis is the #1 operating system that I recommend.
IMHO Apache is a worthwhile inclusion for any computer that's not completely open to the internet. It allows for very easy file sharing among other machines on the network (i.e. drop something in your home public_html and download it on another machine from a web browser), as well as the documentation reasoning. I'd suggest a simple way to enable this feature myself. Something akin to how OS X handles the exact same situation using file sharing and the sites folders.
SSH may be dubious for a beginner. My wife (who uses Debian on PPC) has been using Linux for almost a year now, and has no clue about nor reason to use ssh or scp. However, having it on her computer makes my life much easier :-)
Actually come to think of it, including ssh for the purpose of secure file sharing would be an excellent idea (read fish:// or winscp!).
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