Ok, I have a question.
When did the windowing system become the OS?
Following on from another thread in the Windows forum (btw, I like how windows gets its' own forum and all the "alternative" operating systems get bunched in here) the operating system is quite a bit different from the GUI, so my question is...
What are the main difference between the "Kernel" of most operating systems, such as Windows, Mac (Unix BSD) and Linux?
Because, at the end of the day, most proponents of any operating (such as Vista, Mac OS) talk about things in terms of the GUI (Mac looks prettier etc).
It is my theory that if it would be possible to get a version of Aqua and Aero working on linux, it drive home the point that your operating system != your GUI. Linux already has GNOME and KDE (amongst others). What benefits would this have?
A) People would no longer be able to purely justify an operating system on the fact that it is pretty.
B) Operating system developers can no longer justify their operating system based on mostly "peripheral" or cosmetic differences.
C) People have more choice between what the guts of the machine they are running is doing, and how they can interact with it.
It would also aid in the development of software that runs on all operating systems.
Any comments?
When did the windowing system become the OS?
Following on from another thread in the Windows forum (btw, I like how windows gets its' own forum and all the "alternative" operating systems get bunched in here) the operating system is quite a bit different from the GUI, so my question is...
What are the main difference between the "Kernel" of most operating systems, such as Windows, Mac (Unix BSD) and Linux?
Because, at the end of the day, most proponents of any operating (such as Vista, Mac OS) talk about things in terms of the GUI (Mac looks prettier etc).
It is my theory that if it would be possible to get a version of Aqua and Aero working on linux, it drive home the point that your operating system != your GUI. Linux already has GNOME and KDE (amongst others). What benefits would this have?
A) People would no longer be able to purely justify an operating system on the fact that it is pretty.
B) Operating system developers can no longer justify their operating system based on mostly "peripheral" or cosmetic differences.
C) People have more choice between what the guts of the machine they are running is doing, and how they can interact with it.
It would also aid in the development of software that runs on all operating systems.
Any comments?