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Old 01-17-2013
Disable X windows in Enterprise?
I work for a small company and we are heavily invested in linux. I would like to find out if it is advantageous to disable/remove X11 or X windows so no GUI login is available.

Any good compelling reasons?
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Old 01-17-2013
Where did you read that it was a benefit to block GUI access?

If you have Windows users who need to periodically do something on Linux you'll create a nightmare for them. Plus you will still have to deploy additional terminal software, like Putty (free) - and support it. Do you have staff to do that?

Xming is also free, so I don't get what you gain from doing what you propose.
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Old 01-18-2013
There is nothing s that a windows user can't accomplish using terminal in our company. I just feel running X will consume extra system resources.

We all use Putty and it is a no brainer to manage.
 
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