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-More
commonly known by
its three letter acronym
([TLA
])
, [GUI]. Check
there for the details
.
+A GraphicalUserInterface,
commonly abbreviated as [GUI], provides a graphical way of looking at data and normally involves the [WIMP] paradigm.
+
+In MicrosoftWindows the [GUI], with all of
its layers, is built right into the OperatingSystem.
(For better or for worse!) Conversely, the
[Linux
] kernel has no provisions for [GUI]s of its own accord - it is provided by ordinary applications
, commonly the [XFree86] implementation of the [X11] standard. This in turn is only a bare skelleton for
[GUI]s, which a large variety of [DesktopEnvironment]s are built on top of
. The most common ones are [GNOME] or [KDE] but
there are more, such as [XFce]. Purists[1] use [X11] only to run multiple copies of xterm(1).
+
+Note that a [GUI] does not necessary entail leaving "text mode"; you can write console [GUI] applications using [Curses].
+
+Contrast CommandLine.
+
+See GuiVersusCli
for a discussion of UserInterface aspects.
+
+----
+[1] cf
. "Masochists"
