On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 18:53, AG <computing.acco...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hello list > > I have some questions about the use of some of the services that are & can > be initiated at start up. I see these listed via the Administration menu > option, using GNOME on an up-to-date testing Debian system. > > 1. The following describes my current requirements: > > This machine is a single user desktop, provides CUPS server to an ethernet > LAN-connected client Debian machine, and both machines access the Internet > via a dedicated hardware firewall but separately connected to the > pre-firewall hub. > > I have no need for bluetooth, sane, power management options, and I don't > have a NFS, nor wireless. This machine runs Tor with Tor's new friend, > polipo, with privoxy continuing to be updated but seemingly no longer > required by Tor. > > I have KDE4 installed and Xfce4 and I use GNOME daily. KDE4 requires > MySQL. > > There is an external USB drive connected to my machine which I access > frequently so is mounted at boot up. > > 2. Services currently activated at start up (according to GNOME): > > alsa-utils - audi settings (I'm okay with that) > anacron - actions scheduler (needed) > atd - actions scheduler (needed) > avahi-daemon - multicast DNS service discovery (do I need this?) > cpudfrequtils (shows useful info when called up with hardinfo) > cron - actions scheduler (needed) > cups - printer service (needed) > dirmngr - ? (no idea - sounds reasonable but ...?) > exim4 - mail agent (maybe needed for POP3 and accessing GMail from my email > client?) > hal - ? (needed, I think) > kerneloops - automated crash reports support (can't be bad) > lm-sensors - hardware monitor (probably a good thing) > loadcpufreq - ? (maybe worth having enabled?) > mysql - database server (KDE4 seems to need it and it's handy if I needed a > decent dBase) > polipo - ? (now seemingly relied on by Tor, which I do want) > portmap - rpc mapper (wasn't this the bette noire for crackers scanning > ports? Anyway, do I need it for mounting/ accessing the external USB > drive?) > pyro-nsd - ? (seemingly necessary for Python calls & as I have a number of > Python utilities and libraries loaded, so will keep that) > rsyslog - ? (systems logging - needed) > sudo - ? (needed) > tor - ? (needed) > > 3. Questions: > > 3.1. Do I need anacron *and* atd *and* cron? Do they all work together or > am I wasting resources, etc., by having all going? How do I figure out > which one is the safest to stop? > > 3.2. Given the description of my system requirements, do I need to run > services like: > * avahi-daemon > * dirmngr > * exim4 > * portmap > > Thanks for any opinions you can offer. > > AG > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c0266ca.3080...@gmail.com > > 3.1 Do not touch cron/anacron since they are used by logrotate etc. 3.2 You may disable them in case you with to so that at least your bootup may be faster.
