Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 19:38:08 -0400 From: Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> To: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Any utils worth installing a GUI on a server for? Message-ID: <558B3F60.7060809@sneakertech.com>
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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).
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