Well you are correct - I did not include a discussion on performance impacts including disk I/O etc.
It is true that by installing a GUI o/s additional init.d (startup) services will fire.. Additional libraries will be inclusive etc. This is why I say minimal is always better. Also take for example risk mitigation with security aspects. If you minimize the number of libraries (think windows DLL's) you have installed you also thus minimize your potential exposure. Again - this is just my recommendation and experience. Firewalls are great at blocking things and in theory - sure you could nmap your box and look for open ports and conceal them. I remember a Solaris engineer we had once - he bragged and bragged about his qualifications on Sun Solaris. Just to find out that he installed a bunch of GUI tools just so that he could install Oracle drivers. Further he didn't remove or lock down that exposure. Start minimal and work your way up. Now for my poke / razz - GUI's in server grade operating systems have made people a little to reliant on them. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of linux guy Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 2:29 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk server: Console or GUI OS ? Init level 3 or init level 5 ? On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Robert Huddleston <[email protected]> wrote: I personally would never install a GUI o/s. By doing so you always open yourself up to more security concerns.. Packages / ports / etc. Course one might argue - "it's behind a firewall".. In my professional experience with running numerous ISP and VoITSPs the rule has always been install the minimum needed software to accomplish the goal. Thanks for the reply. I was worried the list would find it a trite and irritating question. I was expecting someone to tell me that even with the GUI component running in the background, the graphical processes have the potential to mess up the streams. I guess I should confess that I'm always a bit surprised to remember that asterisk doesn't require a real time OS ! Have you really exposed much more if you install the GUI components and normally run at init 3 ? Thanks again.
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