Re: How is linux not an O/S Was: Re: Want to give back to linux?

[Blair Craft]

On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Scott McDermott wrote:

> "Lane J. Bryson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, Mar 25, 1998 at 03:30:44PM +0000:
> > I can only talk about MacOS, Linux, Irix, HP-UX, and AIX:  the windowing
> > system in most of these isn't part of the core OS-- It is an important
> > part of the distribution, but not part of the OS.
> 
> Um.  How do you figure.  Can you even use a Mac without talking to the
> computer through a GUI?

I had a friend who used to use the command line interface on his Mac Plus
whenever he was feeling bored. The cli is buried quite deep, he's the only
person I've ever met that used it and he never really used it seriously
(more as a toy) but it is there.

Blair.

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