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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux
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On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 21:09:52 +0100, Richard Kettlewell wrote:

> Windows executables either use the CUI (console) or GUI subsystem, and
> this is represented by a field in the PE file header, rather than being
> a behavior of the application after it starts.

Which is a pretty dumb way of doing it, don’t you think? But it was all a 
part of the 1990s trend of building the GUI inextricably into the OS 
kernel. A trend which *nix-type systems never succumbed to.