[Gllug] Server v. Desktop

[Ms. Lene Jensen]

On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Andrew Black wrote:

> What are there pros and cons of installing as a server v. desktop.

Ok, here is what a desktop install does: It installs everything that you 
would expect from a desktop machine/workstation.  Such a computer are 
mostly used by people who do not need to be computer litterate, so no 
services are installed.  This is done for security reasons, you should 
never run services you do not need.  Client tools are available.  If you 
have another OS on the machine, it will not touch this.

A server install installs all services you need.  It doesn't install X 
by default, but you can add that if you like.  It will wipe _all_ 
existing OS'es, as a server by definition should be running all the 
time.

My recommendation is to choose a custom install, then you can install 
the things that are important to you.

LJ
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