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Only Jay Ashworth would say something like:
> Well, in this case, you don't need KDE on the server, so you don't have
> to tolerate plasma ... and as it happens, it's not that hard to go back to
> KDE 3.5.10 on .3 and .4; install xfce from start, and then go set up the 
> repos manually.
> 
> Since KDE4 was the primary thing I wasn't happy with, it's working ok for me.

X11 isn't necessary on a server.  I love CentOS -especially- because it's
one of the few distros with a text-only install.

If I -really- need X11 for something on a server (like Wireshark for
diagnostics, well that's what VNC is for, and you can do that with a
minimalist wm and xterm installation.

In fact, that's how I'm rolling servers now.  No X11 bloat, just raw server
stuff, and if I need something like Wireshark, I roll that out under VNC.
Just need a few library packages, not the whole damned setup.

mark->
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