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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 23:40:27 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 9 Message-ID: <v770db$1g2du$1@dont-email.me> References: <v71fcn$ah31$1@dont-email.me> <memo.20240714223824.14216Q@jgd.cix.co.uk> <v71tga$cpvf$1@dont-email.me> <slrnv9cmi1.5oqr.rotflol2@geidiprime.bvh> <wwvy1612j5b.fsf@LkoBDZeT.terraraq.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 01:40:28 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="61b3cac522dd69c264227f2208c927fc"; logging-data="1575358"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+VVEhR+bsM/aauukqjt0qS" User-Agent: Pan/0.158 (Avdiivka; ) Cancel-Lock: sha1:8A9vlPA0maZs4eT+rtNXnEjL5jY= Bytes: 1567 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.