I'm considering skipping starting Inetd at startup since it looks like I don't got any use for it..

The only service I'm running on my workstation is sshd(running standalone), besides that I use various net-programs such as games, browsers and so on. Does those programs/services start to malfunction if I skips inetd?

Btw, what's the difference between xinetd and inetd?

One more questions; when I list the processes on my system I got several kdeinit running(about 5-7). What do they do? They consumes alot of memory..

regards,
Cyth

If the apps you don't mention by name don't depend on (x)inetd, therell be no problem. (X)inetd is only a "superserver" meaning itll hook up the actual daemon with the incoming request, which is not needed for browsers, games etc.

Stupidly enough I've always avoided using (x)inetd, so I don't know the difference, except xinetd sposed to be be kinda trusted, now it's been reviewed by Solardesigner (of OpenWall fame).

Here's a little info from kde.org.