At 3:51 PM +0100 8/4/05, Paul F. Johnson wrote: >Hi, > >> Okay, Fedora Core is a distribution, got it clear as rain. Linux, by >> comparison, would be the Windows equivalent of that crazy >> kernel32.dll. > >Linux is the kernel. It is completely modular, so there really isn't a >Win32 equivalent, mainly as the Win32 is monolithic in design. FWIW, kernel32.dll is merely an interface from user-mode to the Windows Kernel in Ntoskernel.exe. >> It's the relationship between GNOME and Xwindows that I don't get? > >X is the desktop server. GNOME is a window manager which can be >configured, have code written for and whatnot. There are plenty of other >window managers around. FWIW, Gnome is like KDE (that's why Gnome and KDE people fight so much). ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
