--- Hawaii Linux Institute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Thompson wrote: > > If memory serves, I'd queried why you deemed it important > that the > > number of processes on a "desktop" OS be minimized. > At the outset, you want to minimize the number of processes > running on a > desktop machine so it will boot faster. Beginning version > 10.0, SuSE > uses parallel booting as default to reduce boot-up time, but > it is still > desirable to reduce the number of processes that take up your > resources. May not be a problem on your machine, but can be a > big > problem for others.
VMWare's a bigger resource hog. > OTOH, you also want to minimize the number of ports open. > Most of my > desktop users are not (nearly) as sophisticated (and security > conscious) > as you are. Wayne How about running a centralized Samba server? - Julian
