Windows XP UI and Red Hat Linux UI: Culture, Interoperability, and Portability
Administrators, power users, or people more comfortable with a command/response mode of system interaction, tend to use command lines more often than do task-oriented end users. Linux and UNIX administrators use command mode more often than Windows users. One reason for this difference is that Windows' prime administrative interface is the GUI. Another reason for the difference is that Linux servers usually dispense with the overhead of even having a GUI installed. This option isn't normally available to Windows XP, although it is possible to run Windows XP “headless,” with administration being carried out remotely—through a GUI. The difference reflects different traditions ...
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