Kernel choice for NX server?

Mark A. Taff marktaff at comcast.net
Thu Jun 22 18:30:56 UTC 2006


All,

I am a SuSE user who is contemplating switching to Kubuntu.  I'm sure at least 
some of you are aware of the pain and suffering caused by SuSE & friends' 
switch to alpha package management software in 10.1.

As an apt4rpm fan, and the fact that Kubuntu always has fresh KDE packages, 
Kubuntu seemed like a good choice to investigate.  I've been running 6.06 on 
a desktop machine for a couple of weeks, and have thus far been satisfied.

Digressing, I do have to mention the ability to have a fully operational KDE 
session running *during* the OS install is absolute genius!  Wonderful!

Anyhow, my questions regard putting Kubuntu on my home network server.   The 
box (x86_64, 1GB, .5TB) runs DNS, DHCP, SSH, Apache, and Privoxy.  I need to 
have it run NIS & NFS as well, after I get Kubuntu on it.  However, the 
heaviest use of the box is as a NX session server, which finally brings me to 
my question(s):

I've read that the desktop and server versions use different kernels.  As this 
machine will be both NFS & NX server, should I go with the desktop optimized 
kernel, or the server optimized kernel?  What are the pros/cons for each 
choice?

Thanks for all your help.

Regards,

Mark




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