RE: Resource usage

2003-07-07 Thread Mark Haney
Title: RE: Resource usage -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >Do you want an idiot running your server?  Well actually, no I don't want him even touching the box.  I got it tweaked to the point of being silly.  I do agree the GUI is overkill, and I'd love just to r

Re: Resource usage

2003-07-04 Thread Rodolfo J. Paiz
At 7/3/2003 08:07 -0400, you wrote: My only question concerns resource usage by the GUI, in this case GNOME. See, my boss is mouse-dependent and knows nothing about linux, but wants to be able to at least do a few things on that server, add users and the like. I'm much happier with the CLI, espec

RE: Resource usage

2003-07-03 Thread amead
-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 9:18 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Resource usage > >>If this machine is a server, why not use a web based tool for >>accessing it - such as Webmin

Re: Resource usage

2003-07-03 Thread Benjamin J. Weiss
Don't use Gnome, install webmin (http://www.webmin.com) it uses the web server to provide a graphical way to administer the box, including adding users. Ben - Original Message - From: "Mark Haney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RedHat Mailing List (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, J

RE: Resource usage

2003-07-03 Thread Peter Peltonen
On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 16:21, Mark Haney wrote: > I personally don't mind the tighter wm's, but really, I don't want to > set up anything additional that I don't really need. Like I said, Well, you are wasting more valuable resources (CPU & RAM) with Gnome/KDE than with a lightweight wm (disk spa

RE: Resource usage

2003-07-03 Thread Mark Haney
Title: RE: Resource usage -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >And don't use Gnome, use a lightweight wm like Blackbox of XFCE I personally don't mind the tighter wm's, but really, I don't want to set up anything additional that I don't really need. 

RE: Resource usage

2003-07-03 Thread Mark Haney
Title: RE: Resource usage -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >If this machine is a server, why not use a web based tool for >accessing it - such as Webmin? Easier all the way around, accessible >from another computer on your network instead of sitting in front of &g

Re: Resource usage

2003-07-03 Thread Ed Wilts
On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 08:07:27AM -0400, Mark Haney wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Got a couple of quick questions to ask before the holiday. First, I > have a web server that is running on a decent IBM PC-Server 325, > 300MHz PII with 128MB RAM. The minimum reco

Re: Resource usage

2003-07-03 Thread Peter Peltonen
I would recommend that you start X only if necessary (= when your boss uses it). It shouldn't be too hard for him to log in and then issue the command 'startx'? If he is not using the root account, then put 'startx' in his login scripts or something to get X automatically started when he logs in.

Re: Resource usage

2003-07-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 22:07, Mark Haney wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Got a couple of quick questions to ask before the holiday. First, I > have a web server that is running on a decent IBM PC-Server 325, > 300MHz PII with 128MB RAM. It's plenty fast enough for our