A default Linux distro boots with a lot of services that you probably don't need. The Geek shows you how to turn off those extras and provides tips on tuning a Linux system for every situation. Now, there are a couple of ways you can remove a service. The first is to remove the software package that runs the service. The second is to use the chkconfig command to remove the service from the run level. To remove the software package, you would use the command rpm. For more information on rpm, please see the man page.
Removing the service from the run level has some benefits over removing the whole software package. If you remove the service from the run level, you won't have to remove the software and you can always use it later if the need arises. Also, you may only want to remove the service temporarily -- to debug a problem, for example. The chkconfig command can also be used to specify which run level you would like to have a particular service run in.
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