Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 12:49:48 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Re[2]: Tiny starter configuration for FreeBSD Message-ID: <008b01c162cb$502771d0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <00cb01c162ca$4faf7820$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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Ted writes: > Under UNIX the console is a console driver, and a login > process. Under NT the console GUI is a pluggable subsystem (although it is the only such subsystem ever written for NT, as far as I know). > But, all Solaris versions I've installed all came up > with a default of a graphical login to a graphical console. My mistake, then. Another reason I'm glad I didn't pick Solaris. > The command-line Windows UI is not used by 99.999% > of all Windows programs out there ... Rather like the X Windows interface in UNIX, in other words. > It's not intended for ordinary users to use > anymore, and few to none user programs make use of it. I use it every day, as do many other engineers of whom I know. Some things are easier to do as commands; and some things can't be done any other way. > For starters FreeBSD is not UNIX because it hasn't > paid the fee to TOG to be able to use the trademark. I'm referring to the OS, not the trademark, but thanks for the information (I have often wondered why so many systems that are obviously UNIX are not so called). So is Solaris a UNIX system in this restricted legal sense? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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