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Re: usplash in desktop task?



"Bernhard R. Link" <brlink@debian.org> writes:

> * Otavio Salvador <otavio@debian.org> [070509 15:03]:
>> > And by the way, showing the user how many useless things start at
>> > install time can only be a good indication for them to think about
>> > deinstalling most of them. Hiding how many unneded daemons lurk around
>> > only contributes to bloat.
>> 
>> Do you really believe our majority of users will, at least, know what
>> a deamon is?
>
> People who administrate a machine should know. Nevertheless in general
> the more text when booting up, the more insecure the machine is.

Don't you think that admins should know how to do a:

#: apt-get remove --purge usplash

?

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