At 12:57 AM 2/20/99 +0700, Shaggy Im-erbtham wrote:
>1) How much can one "do" with Linux in text mode wihout migrating to X? Is
>this like a DOS to Windows situation? Better interface, availability of
>appllications (say, MS Office), etc. Hypothically I were to use Linux
>exclusively for server-network purposes (file, print, fax, terminal, e-mail
>servers, internet gateway), would X be necessary?
The short answer is that Linux hosts that are being used solely as remote
servers do not reuqire X -- in fact,if they are truely remote (i.e., you
will never log in at the console), X is quite useless on them. In practice,
I've done everything you list, except fax, on servers without installing X.
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