Linux Operating System

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ch as 386, 486. It is also compatible with Pentium, Pentium MMX, Pentium Pro and Pentium II systems.


2. User Interface

Linux¡¦s graphical interface is the X System. The X System is developed to give a common window system for all the operating system. Linux X System is called Xfree86, free implementation from X-Windowing System. It is modified from the original to be compatible with PC hardware such as video cards, mouse, and so on. Linux¡¦s graphical interface can be configured through something called Window Manager. The most popular Window Managers nowadays are KDE (the K Desktop Environment) and GNOME (the GNU Network Object Model Environment). Users can set up their monitors so that they have much better resolutions. The Window Manager places a border around the window on user¡¦s screen so that user can minimise or maximise, as he/she likes. It also allows user to resize, move and kill windows. There¡¦s something users have to remember, users are recommended to use a VGA-compatible display interface for the console terminal. It is because not every graphic card can display X Window System!
properly.
Users can download Window Manager freely from the Internet as well. Here are some addresses that offer Window Managers:
¡± http://www.kde.org/index.html
¡± http://www.plig.org/xwinman/fvwm.html
¡± http://www.plig.org/xwinman/wm2.html
¡± http://www.plig.org/xwinman/mwm.html
¡± http://www.plig.org/xwinman/afterstep.html
Linux has something called virtual console. It is one of the features that users can use when they use console mode. A user can login as several login names by going to the other console window. This can be achieved by pressing Alt + F2. By pressing those 2 keys together, the user can have a new console mode. If the user wants to return to the original one, he/she can press Alt + F1. Users can have 6 virtual consoles by default. Users can always swap between consoles even when running X W...