Chapter EIGHT. User Interface
TOPICS IN THIS CHAPTER
Character-Mode and Graphics-Mode User Interfaces
Event-Driven User Interface Model
Microsoft Windows Desktop
Microsoft's Windows Terminal Services
Linux and X Windows
Red Hat Linux 7.1 Desktops
Comparison of Linux and Windows UI Distinctions, Interoperability, and Portability Issues
Windows is famous for its GUI. Indeed, it is named for its GUI. It is matched or exceeded in rich user experience within the mainstream market perhaps only by MAC OS. Windows even uses a GUI on server machines. UNIX, which indirectly begat Linux, is run from a character mode terminal or client, or it may use X Windows to provide a GUI. Linux distributions provide a couple of complete desktop GUI environments that approach ...
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