Un article de Casys (Canadian Sysadmins).
Package
yum install screen strace vim-enhanced sysstat atop htop iptraf ntp
yum remove cups avahi bluez-libs bluez-gnome cpuspeed irqbalance smartmontools autofs
Services
# really useless
for srv in multipathd lvm2-monitor mdmonitor gpm pcscd firstboot haldaemon tcsd ntpd mcstrans kudzu sysstat atop atd
do chkconfig $srv off; service $srv stop; done
# if you don't use SELinux:
for srv in restorecond
do chkconfig $srv off; service $srv stop; done
# you may want to keep those ones:
for srv in yum-updatesd
do chkconfig $srv off; service $srv stop; done
Others
# sed -ie '/^[2-9]:2345:respawn:\/sbin\/mingetty/d' /etc/inittab