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pump
The Pump DHCP package allows individual diskless clients on a network to get their own IP network configuration information from network servers. Unnecessary.
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mt-st
The mt -for magnetic tape drives and st -for SCSI tape devices tape drive management programs can control rewinding, ejecting, skipping files, blocks and more.
Necessary only if you have a tape backup on this server.
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eject
The eject package contains an eject program that allows the user to eject removable media typically CD-ROMs, floppy disks, Iomega Jaz or Zip disks using software control.
Necessary only if you have a tape backup on this server.
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Metamail
Metamail is a program that uses the mailcap file to determine how it should display non-text or multimedia material. Unnecessary.
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apmd
The apmd package, or advanced Power Management daemon utilities, can watch your notebook's battery and warn all users when the battery is low. Unnecessary for a server.
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kernel-pcmcia-cs
The kernel-pcmcia-cs package is for laptop machines and some non-laptops that support PCMCIA cards for expansion. Unnecessary for a server.
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linuxconf
The linuxconf package is a system configuration tool. Unnecessary, buggy program.
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getty_ps
The getty_ps package contains programs that are used to accept logins on the console or a terminal on your system. Unnecessary.
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setconsole
The setconsole package is a basic system utility for setting up the /etc/inittab, /dev/systty and /dev/console files to
handle a new console. Unnecessary.
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isapnptools
The isapnptools package contains utilities for configuring ISA Plug-and-Play (PnP) cards/boards. Unnecessary.
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setserial
The setserial package is a basic system utility for displaying or setting serial port information. Unnecessary.
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kudzu
The kudzu package is a hardware-probing tool run at system boot time to determine what hardware has been added or removed from the system. Unnecessary.
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raidtools
The raidtools package includes the tools you need to set up and maintain a software RAID device on a Linux system. Depending if you use Raid or not.
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gnuPG
The GnuPG package is a tool for secure communication and data storage. It is a replacement for the PGP software. It can also be used to encrypt data and to create digital
signatures. We will compile it later on our book.
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redhat-logos
The redhat-logos package contains files of the Red Hat "Shadow Man" logo and the RPM logo. Unnecessary on a server.
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redhat-release
The redhat-release package contains the Red Hat Linux release file. Unnecessary.
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gd
The gd package allows your code to quickly draw images and write out the result as a .gif file. Unnecessary.
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pciutils
The pciutils package contains various utilities for inspecting and setting devices connected to the PCI bus. We use other methods.
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rmt
The rmt utility provides remote network access to make backup. Security risks since rmt depends on rsh to work.
