Using recycled bits, Wayne Pascoe said:
% There are multiple GUI's out there for Linux... The most common of them all
% is XFree86... This is the base graphics server that drives your display. It
% comes with a multitude of different "faces" or window managers. This is not
% however the only GUI out there. One commercial GUI is MetroX and there are
% others besides. All have the same function, with different features or
% customisations.
It is a matter of definition, I suppose. MetroX, Xi Graphics and XFree86
are implementations of the X Window standard, so in this sense, they are
the "same" GUI. In another sense, they are "different" GUIs because they
are produced by different companies or organizations. IMHO, it was the
window manager variety that confused the original poster.
--
Kurt Wall
Boss to employee: "It's called 'delegation of authority,' not 'picking
the scapegoat in advance.'" (Shamelessly stolen sig)
