Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.x
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:58:48 +0000

> I'm wondering if xfs is really necessary (in RedHat 8)?

No, it's not necessary, but it's nice.

> So, I am just wondering, if any of the applications relies on xfs (in
> RedHat 8)? I believe getting rid of xfs will make the system goes faster
> (without those extra steps), and safer (close potential attacks from the
> tcp port (7100) that xfs is using).

Actually, *not* using xfs has been argued to be usually slower, as the X server will pause to gather/render fonts when this could be done in the background with xfs. Also, redhat's xfs is secure, because it *only* listen's to localhost.

Rex

> I'm wondering if xfs is really necessary (in RedHat 8)?