On 30-Dec-98 Michael Trausch wrote:
> Hi. I need to clarify something for my own knowledge here, as something
> that I read yesterday *really* confused me.
>
> I was reading something on the Internet about X Terminals, and how the X
> GUI system worked. Now, my ex-coworker from a Computer Store that I
> used to work at said that UNIX has only one real GUI system, and that is
> the X Window System (in the case of Linux, XFree86). However, something
> that I read yesterday said, something like there are about 4 GUI systems
> for Linux and UNIX. How is this possible, and what are they?
I think your friend was talking about KDE,CDE,GNOME, and GNUstep.
They offer a uniform user interface so everything looks\acts the same
( as in windows or macOs ).
But these are optional, most people run a windowmanager without one
( which there are at least 25).
>
> Thanks!
>
> - M. Trausch
>
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