DOS can have. GUI like Linux with things like Windows 3.x, or even the Windows 95/98 were on top of a DOS system.
On Fri, 18 Aug 2023, 03:26 tsiegel--- via Freedos-user, < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Only one correction. > > Windows and MacOSX are certainly graphical by default, though both have > text terminals very similar to the dos prompt. > > On the other hand, Linux, bsd, and other unix versions are also text > interfaces by default. If you don't install a windows manager (such as > gnome), then there is no graphical interface on linux. > > In that regard, it's very similar to dos. > > Text by default, but graphical by choice (just like running windows) > > Mac OSX is different, because it's configured by default to run a GUI, > which a basic linux system out of the box doesn't do unless it's configured > differently by it's distributor (ubuntu, debian, and so on.) > > > On 8/18/2023 1:51 AM, Norby Droid via Freedos-user wrote: > > I think there may be a bit of confusion we need to let new DOS users aware > of, and that is DOS is a "Text-Mode" system and not graphical like Windows, > Linux, MacOS, etc. > > DOS by nature is only text (although graphics is possible) > > Maybe make a distinction between "Text Resolution" and "Graphic/Screen > Resolution" > > DOS when booted is 80 characters with 25 lines using an 8x16 pixel font. > This could be called a text resolution of 640x400 (not 640x480 which is > actually 30 lines of 80 characters). > > You can change the number of lines and the number of characters per line > as well as the width and height of the font (like 8x32 or 9x16) which will > give ya more room or less depending on your choices as well as change the > look of the text, but this is still ALL text not graphics. > > Also of note is that although ya can be making changes, DOS has the > tendency to revert back to its default state of 25x80 8x16 native font when > he screen gets cleared or when exiting different software. > > This is my two cents about DOS Mode. Just remember DOS is Text (by > default) not Graphics. > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing > listFreedos-user@lists.sourceforge.nethttps://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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