X + WM != GUI? (Re: Convince me, please! - too much about "GUI")

Wojciech Puchar wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl
Fri Aug 10 02:49:29 PDT 2007


>> I am not following this.  If (X.org + some WM) is not a GUI,
>> how would you define
>
> He probably equates a desktop environment (such as KDE/Gnome/etc.) to a GUI.

most people exactly equates that and i stated i that such defined GUI is 
completely useless and actually takes over time and resources.

but you are right - of course

> Which is wrong, of course: GUI is just any form of "graphical user
> interface", which X fits nicely.
X+wm. X alone doesn't provide any GUI.


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