[LUAU] a new use for hosef donations (used PCs)?
Julian Yap
julian_yap at yahoo.com
Sat Apr 8 12:11:26 PDT 2006
--- Hawaii Linux Institute <wp at hawaiilinux.us> 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
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