10 Oct
2002
10 Oct
'02
5:23 a.m.
Hello from Gregg C Levine
Cross posted to both TUH, and PUPS lists, apologies to all.
Can someone advise me regarding when the GUIs became a standard feature on
UNIX? Or operating systems whose ancestry was indeed UNIX? I know that with
Linux, for example started carrying one, about the same time the kernel
became capable of supporting it. Or at least that's my opinion. With regard
to the materials we discuss here, well, that's what I am attempting to
ascertain.
Gregg C Levine drwho8(a)worldnet.att.net
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10 Oct
10 Oct
6:25 a.m.
New subject: [pups] Re: Can someone advise me regarding a gui for UNIX
On Thursday, 10 October 2002 at 1:23:30 -0400, Gregg C Levine wrote:
Hello from Gregg C Levine
Cross posted to both TUH, and PUPS lists, apologies to all.
Can someone advise me regarding when the GUIs became a standard feature on
UNIX?
Well, there are three variables. GUI, standard and UNIX.
Or operating systems whose ancestry was indeed UNIX? I
know that
with Linux, for example started carrying one, about the same time
the kernel became capable of supporting it. Or at least that's my
opinion. With regard to the materials we discuss here, well, that's
what I am attempting to ascertain.
If by "GUI" you mean a windowing system, and by "standard" you mean
generally available, then I'd say the late 80s. I started using X11R3
on Interactive UNIX/386 in early 1990. I'm sure I didn't count as an
"early adopter".
Greg
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6:54 a.m.
New subject: [pups] Re: Can someone advise me regarding a gui for UNIX
In message: <20021010062505.GL87617(a)wantadilla.lemis.com>
"Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog(a)lemis.com> writes:
: > Or operating systems whose ancestry was indeed UNIX? I know that
: > with Linux, for example started carrying one, about the same time
: > the kernel became capable of supporting it. Or at least that's my
: > opinion. With regard to the materials we discuss here, well, that's
: > what I am attempting to ascertain.
:
: If by "GUI" you mean a windowing system, and by "standard" you mean
: generally available, then I'd say the late 80s. I started using X11R3
: on Interactive UNIX/386 in early 1990. I'm sure I didn't count as an
: "early adopter".
I was using X10R4 on a Sun3/50 in 1987 or so. I more commonly used
sunview in a similar time frame. Sunview/OpenWindows has been
standard on Sun machines since that time. It was surprising snappy
for a 50MHz 68k machine, so long as you didn't swap, but I digress.
There were similar offerings from DEC and I think HP in approximately
the same time frame.
It depends on what you mean by GUI I guess :-)
Warner
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