On Friday, November 29, 2013 02:44:58 PM Bob Proulx wrote: > Now some people might claim that GNOME *is* the operating system. But > don't believe it. It is not. This is proven by the number of people > that use Debian every day but do not have GNOME on the system at all.
I would say they don't know the difference between an operating system and a graphical user interface. Generally speaking, an operating system provides controlled access to system (hardware) resources. A grahical user interface is supposed to provide a pleasant and efficient intermediate layer between the user and the OS; but not all succeed. User interfaces include front panel switches (ala PDP-10/PDP-11), card punches, console (command line interface), and graphical. There are even hybrids. But they certainly are not operating systems, as you said. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201311291526.17623.neal.p.mur...@alum.wpi.edu
