----- Original Message ----- > A "lightweight" server option is a > long-awaited-and-much-deserved-feature but it would be nice if we > could still get a very lightweight X - even if it doesn't run > automatically. I often need to use X for odd stuff which only works on > X - like using Firefox to check if a specific feature on a website, > hosted on the server works fine. Or like using gparted to get the > extra features which fdisk doesn't offer. I agree. However, in those situations, I typically run these apps headless using X forwarding over SSH. A quick howto if you've never done this before: http://www.cs.caltech.edu/courses/cs11/misc/xwindows.html --Tim