[mythtv-users] modernizing mythtv - and now OT

[Thomas Mashos]

On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 7:56 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoi James,
>
> Sunday, May 11, 2014, 4:16:24 AM, you wrote:
>
>
>> 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!
>
> First Why are you starting a new threat by changing the subject!!!
> De lerende Mens
>
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Because it was off topic from the original thread (although he should
have put "<TITLE> Formally: <OLD TITLE>") or something like that

Thanks,

Thomas Mashos