Richard Hughes hughsient@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 10:30 -0500, Jesse Keating wrote:
That would require creating something to take the place of the smtpdaemon requirement of things like mdadm, fetchmail, logwatch, etc...
How many "Desktop" users configure logwatch,
More useful for the "desktop user" than "servers" (better see a summary of what looks fishy than having to wade through the full logs)
fetchmail
This is a /desktop/ program, for mail handling by final users (specially ones with intermittent conectivity). It would be quite out of place on a server, IMHO.
or mdadm?
RAID isn't too common right now, but all the (higher-end) desktop machines I've bought lately have RAID controllers built in.
On the
server spin sure, but on a Desktop?
Define "desktop system". Many here will describe a development machine, with several services set up for testing and development. Even my notebook would qualify as "server"...