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Author: Gregory Nowak
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To: tempforever via Dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] X11: safe to remove?
On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 09:57:07PM -0400, tempforever via Dng wrote:
> I manage a few remote servers that are running Devuan. Recently (last
> week) I noticed a couple updates to some x11 libraries. I went ahead
> and updated. But now, I'm wondering if it's okay to remove them
> altogether? I do not use any graphical user interface on them. I only
> connect via ssh, and issue text-only commands.


Looks to me like you'd be safe removing these packages. If you can
take a backup beforehand, I'd suggest doing that to be extra safe, but
I don't think you need these if the machine is a text console only
server.

Greg


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