10 Oct
2002
10 Oct
'02
12:25 p.m.
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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