On 8/3/07, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > they do, but experience has shown it is prudent to be able to > administrate the hardware directly from the box. I'm curious: which aspect of hardware administration on a Linux box would require X (to be running)? If I *really* needed applet such-and-such I could still run it easily, with less overhead and w/o the X server even being installed on the big iron from my desktop ... ssh -X user@server whizbangGUItool > I expect trend of desktop style management to continue > (for the record, I would really prefer these devices to present > html interfaces vs. java). I'm afraid you're right - and it was what I dislike(d) most about Oracles products. The fact that 10g ships with the actual database on a CD, and the admin stuff on DVDs. Friggin nightmare. > I'm actually recently converted from the 'anti-x' camp. This is > because I'm now using linux on a desktop and found it to be remarkably > efficient but also was recently in a situation where I regretted not > having it installed. I completely understand and sympathize with the > other side of the argument however. I just don't care anymore, maybe > I'm getting old :-). Nuh mate, that's not old, it's inefficient (and too lazy to know the ropes, relying on an "intuitive GUI") ;} ... /me ducks > merlin Cheers, Andrej -- Please don't top post, and don't use HTML e-Mail :} Make your quotes concise. http://www.american.edu/econ/notes/htmlmail.htm ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
