How can I remove the GUI bits from a Red Hat Enterprise Linux install?
Solution 1:
You might also consider just not starting the X server / GDM at boot and leaving the packages there. I guess they will take up some space and add time to updates, but other than that I wouldn't think they will cause any issues.
For your situation you might really want them removed, or you might have already considered this, but I just though I would put it out there :-)