[mythtv-users] modernizing mythtv - and now OT

[James Linder]

On 11 May 2014, at 2:53 am, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:

>> To come back to a more fundamental issue. No server/backend
>> application should depend on a graphical environment other then WEB.
>> Running X for those is a wast of resources. That is one of the main
>> reasons I find Windows unsuited for server applications. On my server
>> running mythbackend among others I have only the most basic graphical
>> card present, so I can if needed watch the boot process and implement
>> new kernels. The only reason X is even installed is Mythsetup, which I
>> only start at need. The rest I manage by ssh or more and more the web.
>> Originally a lot of people were running both back and frontend on the
>> same machine, but nowadays more and more people are splitting this up.
>> So I see mythsetup as an archaic inheritance of old times, that
>> should be replaced by a more modern web interface.
> 
> I have completely headless BE, I upgrade the kernels and run setup
> remotely no problem. No X installed.

What resources are wasted? Do you understand how unix systems, swap and LRU (least recently used) work?
The only waste is some disk space, and at the price of disks, some $0.02 for once-upon-a-time great convenience.
You may do server-without-X for all manor of reasons, as you will, but don’t sprout waste-of-resources as the justification!

James