<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 2:18 PM, linux guy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:linuxguy123@gmail.com">linuxguy123@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I'm about to start building my Myth backend and I can't seem to find anything that discusses the pros and cons of installing the OS (Fedora 15) as console only or GUI, ie install KDE as well.<br><br>So, other than a bit of disk space, is there any reason why I shouldn't install KDE when I set it up ?<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>The less you install, the less you have to worry about from a security point of view. Even though I run my MythTV systems on a closed network, I still try to be security conscious. I disable or completely uninstall all services I'm not using (avahi, cups, etc.). I don't install OpenOffice or other large packages if I don't plan to use them. If I need something, it's a simple yum install to get it.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Taking this approach makes patching and upgrades a lot quicker since there's less to download and install on each host.</div><div><br></div><div>/Brian/</div></div><br>