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You are confusing OS with the userland. Graphical environment is not necessarily a part of the OS. If you run Linux you can load a number of different graphical
by perokreco 15y ago
You are confusing OS with the userland. Graphical environment is not necessarily a part of the OS. If you run Linux you can load a number of different graphical environments.
- icebraining 15y agoIf I use Linux I can load a number of different filesystems. Are these not part of the OS? While the OS doesn't necessarily have to distribute a graphical environment, it can and it is often a feature of the OS, unlike what rbanffy said. I've edited my post above.
- wavephorm 15y agoI'd just like to point out that this sort of pedantry is kind of pathetic.
- rbanffy 15y ago> If I use Linux I can load a number of different filesystems. Are these not part of the OS? Actually, most filesystems are part of the kernel. There is the FUSE mechanism, on which you can attach user-space file systems. Filesystem drivers attached in such way are usually (unless you are doing something wrong) portable across OSs that share similar mechanisms and, as the name implies, are withing the user space. not OS-space. > it is often a feature of the OS Much like tires are a feature of a car. The fact you bought them together does not mean they are the same object. A tire is not a car much like a GUI is not an OS.
- icebraining 15y agoNever said they were the same thing. My original post was "is part of the OS". OS space Again, that's kernel space. OS is something bigger. Debian is an OS. GNU/Linux is an OS. Linux by itself isn't.