Switching from Command line to GUI

[Derek Broughton]

James Gray wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:55 pm, Chanchao wrote:
>>
>> Of course a server can also run a GUI, but there's purists around who
>> start hyperventilating when 0.05% of their web server power gets eaten
>> up by having a mouse pointer. :)
> 
> No - there are professional admins around who think (rightly) that
> anything installed that isn't necessary is:
> 1. A waste of space (sure disk is cheap, but why waste it?)
> 2. A possible attack vector (even if it's not running - local privilege
>    escalation, local DoS etc....xpdf anyone?)
> 3. Added administration overhead maintaining unused or unnecessary
> programs. 4. All of the above.
> 
> Not a flame - just an explanation that explains the "no-GUI on servers"
> mentality with a little more logic and a little less emotion :)

Though, I think having 0.05% of _any_ computer dedicated to a mouse pointer
seems excessive :-)
-- 
derek