From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Jun 24 23:47:49 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71E0E916762 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2015 23:47:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jd1008@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ig0-x22d.google.com (mail-ig0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::22d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3D7731D6C for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2015 23:47:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jd1008@gmail.com) Received: by igboe5 with SMTP id oe5so2612852igb.1 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:47:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Wdxnq7YjNJMuCEuF7Xopsi+ypChTuQBoE+ttp56SChA=; b=yN+d5ZJD2ISNKXH3qGbwTBc0ct7pOacDdNmD60oOYX1UHJD7IRrVq6y4N13IAp1EAS 6VsCmsyKdwCH/+GC+TyEqaxeWtz++ohSk4NziGDCB4H/Pp1f68XxE5KgzvF/TaeE6Ae3 VodT4WgGkibQA8uo8/QKJTPpUsD6Qh61nmHNNpmbNh/qldrZzycCeacl+V3CBU409Uef 6ibcOJPgrtqlSaHngKHU1aVOrsfDKXjEQDnKy/QuyRqMzd3j5kNMRnYwgvkFngJycaxX xsXsyjbFbN7xldgf4I2kY7hbaFNS1ij4MAFQsDUTYrVexYWJUc2c6ctO/2aIXYFLt1D/ 5nkg== X-Received: by 10.43.140.5 with SMTP id iy5mr41222180icc.77.1435189668772; Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:47:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([50.243.6.59]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id v3sm2130934igk.1.2015.06.24.16.47.47 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:47:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <558B41A3.1050506@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 17:47:47 -0600 From: jd1008 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any utils worth installing a GUI on a server for? References: <558B3F60.7060809@sneakertech.com> In-Reply-To: <558B3F60.7060809@sneakertech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 23:47:49 -0000 On 06/24/2015 05:38 PM, Quartz wrote: > Traditionally I have always run fileservers headless, with any > administration being done through ssh. However, I'm currently working > with a system that's somewhat overpowered for its job and I'm > considering throwing a window manager on there just to have access to > more stuff. Are there any utilities out there that require or really > benefit from a window manager that are worth installing one for? The > system's main function is a sort of NAS that can have usb drives > plugged directly into it, so I'm only really interested in stuff that > would relate to that: for example disk partitioning/repair programs or > fancy shells for messing with samba/nfs/zfs, etc. > > (Also: forgive me in advance if this is a stupid question. I'm not > familiar with using freebsd in anything resembling a workstation role, > so I'm not sure to what extent the GUI software selection differs from > linux). > _______ Yes. If the storage on the server, then a gui tool to manage the storage (drive replacement, raid reconfiguration, drive additions .... etc. It could make such tasks a lot easier.