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[quest 0]

Would it be fine to run a production server with KDE? Also is there a site/forum/ which I can refer to which packages are a necessity to run a server e.g. mail, web, etc

[Philipp 6]

Linux servers are running usual without GUI, instead they are using SSH or a web based remoting tool like Webmin - http://www.webmin.com

 

Here are some example packages for a server:

 

Webserver:

Apache

 

Mailserver:

Sendmail or Postfix

 

Databaseserver:

MySQL, PostgreSQL

 

DNS server:

BIND

 

FTP server:

ProFTPD