How a Linux System Works

Smartweb · Post by **Smartweb** » September 17th, 2004, 3:52 am

Linux is a command line operating system, but it can be transformed into a GUI os with X Windows. Then, there are extensions to X, such as KDE or GNome, which display the windows that you see in Linux. Distributions often hide the command line and only allow access to the terminal through windows within X. Those of you who look at DOS as being ultra-stable, remember that Linux is a similar kind of thing, but that it appears on the outside the same as something like Windows XP.

The_Man · Post by **The_Man** » September 17th, 2004, 3:58 am

blah blah blah about Linux that all you care about in the OS world. Although u do know more aabout XP then i do so i'm not bitchin to loudly, but Linux is still command line, what is XP? but the fact that Linux is basically command line with a shell running on it that is like XP make it less usable when you get into advanced programming whenever the future comes?

Tebow2000 · Post by **Tebow2000** » September 17th, 2004, 4:09 am

I know you are going to want to post some long essay, but try to keep it compact so I dont get bored of reading it

Smartweb · Post by **Smartweb** » September 17th, 2004, 2:38 pm

This was just to respond to The Man's question here:
http://www.computerbb.org/viewtopic.php?t=286

I just thought it would be a little off topic to say it there so I made a new guide.

Btw, The Man, XP is a little more restricted and less stable because the NT line of Windows is at its core a GUI.