From owner-freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 16 06:42:57 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFE28106566C for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:42:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from logan@xentac.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A07FB8FC0C for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:42:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwd6 with SMTP id 6so370122qwd.13 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:42:56 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.218.143 with SMTP id hq15mr6025229qcb.34.1289888075147; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:14:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.229.28.20 with HTTP; Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:14:35 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:14:35 +1300 Message-ID: From: Logan Moore To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Using XOrg on a FreeBSD Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: X11 on FreeBSD -- maintaining and support List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:42:58 -0000 I'm looking for some advice from some of the pro's here. I've set up FreeBSD on one of my servers, and I have a nice 24" 1920x1200 monitor plugged into it. It seems a shame to be wasting such a decent monitor on a simple black and white terminal, so I've been contemplating installing XOrg on the server to get a bit of extra functionality from the terminals. I'm not thinking KDE or Gnome... just a simple window manager like one of the *box's or even just straight up xdm running terminals and maybe some basic GUI tools like a text editor/file manager. Should I be concerned about any security implications from using XOrg? Are there any reasons why I definitely should avoid installing XOrg? - Logan