I know I’m an old-school system administrator, who doesn’t want a X session running on his servers.
The Console and the CLI are the ultimate tool for a sysadmin (In the Begining was the Command Line), and I don’t like the extra stuff, specifically when you have to update the system: desktop applications have frecuently security updates, as other applications, but I’m not using them in a server so I feel it’s a waste of time and bandwith.
I tend to say base system as synonymous for bare minium install, and yesterday I had a little problem with a partner and a CentOS install.
We requested just base and the IT guy did a default install, that includes all the Gnome desktop and associated applications. That’s not a big deal, but it’s not the optimal situation.
What do you think? Are you OK with a desktop installed in a server?
