Len Ovens:
...
As a musician... One of the fundamental problems I
have is that a computer
set up for desktop use is less than optimal for music. As the sole bread
winner in a family I must be able to use My computer as a desktop machine
as well as for music. The best way would be to have a computer(s) just for
music and remove a lot of the un-needed junk. It used to be that one tool
could decide what services would run in what run level and simply by
changing run levels I could have a quiet machine (most services turned
off).
...
You might want to look into file-rc:
$ apt-cache show file-rc
Package: file-rc
...
Description-en: Alternative boot mechanism using a single configuration file
This package provides an alternative mechanism to boot the system, to
shut it down and to change runlevels. The /etc/rc?.d/* links will be
converted into one single configuration file /etc/runlevel.conf
instead, which is easier to administrate than symlinks, and is also
more flexible.
.
The package will automatically convert your existing symlinks into
the file method on installation, and convert the file back into
symlinks on removal. Both mechanisms are compatible through
/etc/init.d/rc, /etc/init.d/rcS, /usr/sbin/update-rc.d, and
/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d scripts.
Tag: admin::boot, admin::configuring, implemented-in::shell, interface::daemon,
role::program, use::configuring
Regards,
/Karl Hammar
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