Valent Turkovic wrote:
I also said that I'm a "above average desktop user" so you could also replace "I don't need" with "average desktop used doesn't need".
If you believe that any particular service is generally not useful for desktop users, then be specific about it. Avahi for example was in your list but is a very useful service for desktop users generally. There was a long discussion very recently on default services including sendmail as well. You might want to refer to that. No point in repeating it all over again.
I believe that services should be regarded with the same attitude as open ports on a firewall. Some long time ago all ports were open and only "bad ones" were open, now all are closed and only explicitly ones are opened. Also all security and administration Rad Hat guides say that all unnecessary services should be turned off, and only turned on if explicitly needed.
You got to differentiate between services that listen to network connections like ssh from services like HAL which are local.
That is why I believe that ALL services should be disabled, and then for each one there should be some kind of explanation why this service absolutely needs to be enabled. All the rest services should be left disabled by default.
This is pretty much what is followed already. If a service is enabled by default, it is usually there for a good reason.
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