I think your descriptions of a GUI is fairly accurate, but just to make sure: Consider for example, you can open a terminal, type "cd ~/Desktop" then "ls" to see files listed there. Alternatively, you can click on places -> desktop and see a listing of the files on your desktop. The later of those examples is using a graphical interface, while the former is using a text-based interface. A GUI is simply the graphical environment that allows you to interact with programs. I hope that helps if you were still at all confused. There is probably a better way to explain it, but that's the best I have.
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Meg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thank you for that answer. But what does a "graphical user interface" do? Is > it a way to make a piece of software usable without having to write code, > like for example a window with a menu? Or is it something else? > > Meg > > --- In [email protected], Chris <usabecker@...> wrote: > > > > >>I keep hearing the term "GUI". What is that? > > > > GUI is the acronymn for 'graphical user interface'. > > You will tend to see it alot because many Linux programs > > actually have several. Some of them are just different > > Deveopers doing the same thing, but in some cases (especially > > for such a flexible program like mysql) you will find different > > GUIs which offer different functions. Or at least, that is my > > very basic understanding of all that. you will also hear GUIs > > ReferreD to as a 'front end' > > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
