On Friday January 17 2003 08:38 pm, vatbier wrote: > Mandrake Linux 9.0 here. > Are services fam, portmap and xinetd necessary on a stand-alone > desktop computer connected to the internet just for surfing, > reading mails, newsgroups? No printer is connected (cups is not > installed). Does Konqueror (KDE 3.0.3) really need fam (and > portmap) or is it just non-essential, just for the fun to see a > file grow as it is being downloaded?
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/admin/index.html#ss has lists of all system services, even a deprecated services list. For each, they are rated optional, common, or essential. Many of the listed services have links to more documentation for that service. IOW's, much more info than you get from MCC. So you'll need to check and see, then decide if you can do without various services depending on your system and how you use it. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas
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