RE: Installing on a FACELESS pc?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: will trillich [mailto:will@serensoft.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 9:11 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Installing on a FACELESS pc?
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 04:52:09PM -0800, Jay wrote:
> > Headless???
> >
> > What part of the machine constitute the 'head'?
>
> they mean "faceless" of course. no video/monitor driven from the
> machine. instead, you can use the serial port if you know the
> voodoo required.
>
> headless would be a monitor, keyboard and mouse, with no cpu
> box.
>
No, not around here. Headless is common jargon for a box with no human I/O
facilities (monitor, keyboard, and mouse). Sometimes people just mean the
monitor (as in "Where are you going to put the second head on that tiny
desk?") but usually not.
I've never heard anyone call it the face. Perhaps it is a regional thing.
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