Comparison of Windows and X Windows on Knoppix Linux Boot disk and Window 2000 Citing Advantages and Disadvantages to Both
Patrick Hanrahan
POS/420
Amadou Wane
27, August 2005
Abstract
This paper provides an overview of similarities between Windows 2000 and Knoppix Linux Boot disk, as well as including the advantages and disadvantages of both.
Table of Contents
Abstract 2
Table of Contents 3
Introduction 4
X Windows 4
Windows Managers 5
Microsoft Windows GDI 5
Advantages and Disadvantages 6
Conclusion 6
References 7
Comparison of Windows and X Windows on Knoppix Linux Boot disk and Window 2000 Citing Advantages and Disadvantages to Both
Introduction
What is X Windows? The X Window System, often known as X,
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Advantages and Disadvantages
Perhaps the most significant capability of GDI over more direct methods of accessing the hardware, Wikipedia (2005), is its scaling capabilities, and abstraction of target devices. Using GDI, it is very easy to draw on multiple devices, such as a screen and a printer, and expect proper reproduction in each case. This capability is at the center of all WYSIWYG applications for Microsoft Windows.
One of the biggest advantages of the X Window, Lockergnome (1996-2005), approach to GUIs is that X is completely independent of the core operating system. In other operating systems, a GUI crash requires a system restart. With X, the GUI can be stopped, started, changed, and restarted without so much as denting the underlying processes of the OS.
Not addressed in this paper is the Windows Graphics Foundation, which is the next version of Microsoft's DirectX application programming interface (API). Games and all they require are out of scope of both the Window manager available for the Knoppix Linux Boot disk and GDI.
Conclusion
I actually prefer the Windows 2000 DE and all that entails. Perhaps this is born from familiarity alone, but considering both let me move my mouse, click and open windows, and access files there is not much more to judge. In the final observation pertaining to this, the performance I get from using Windows operating system and its DE outshines what is available with the Knoppix Linux Boot disk.
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