--- Tony Whitmore
With modern hardware, the overhead of running an X server is rarely an issue, in terms of memory usage. OK, there may be issues with security on unpatched systems, but that's the same with any networking software that isn't kept up to date. If the X server isn't being interacted with,
then it should not place any load on the CPU.
Perhaps, perhaps. :) But the memory it still takes up is never released. But does it have to be X? There have been attempts to make the console more managable. YAST does this to an extent (albeit poorly at times, for some things). There used to be linuxconf, which was an amalgum of various things -- an all-in-one bundle for ease of administration, but it never really worked out.... I suppose the idea of using X is nothing new on a server. RH have been doing it for years..... -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com