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IMO anything that has some sort of networking capability can be a potential security risk. But I definitely prefer having GUI on the machine I work(play) on.
I suppose it could be, as noted. It's probably not enough of a risk to worry about unless you're talking about running it on some server that needs to have super-tight security, in which case you're probably not using it for its GUI capabilities anyway
Originally posted by darthtux X Windows itself will not make your computer insecure. Things such as choosing an easy to guess password, not having a firewall, etc. will
Well, running X does potentially open up port 6000; if you're running X apps remotely, there's another possible security concern, depending on how secure the network communication channel is.
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