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Offline desiv

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Re: What is the name of the OS?
« Reply #44 from previous page: April 06, 2010, 01:04:07 AM »
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... but when you qualify "the GUI", you are referring directly to the system upon which all GUIs, Workbench included, is built. And that component is Intuition.

That's not what "I" am referring to when I refer to "the GUI."  That, as I read it, is an API, a "component" as you put it.

When I refer to "the GUI," I mean the interface which is primarily used to launch applications.  Yes, you can launch apps from the SHELL.  But the "primary interface" (IMHO) for for launching apps is Workbench, which I consider "the GUI" which is built on top of Intuition.

I hadn't ever heard someone say "I'm going to launch JRComm from Intuition" before.
So, that's my definition.

So, we're not disagreeing about Workbench or Intuition or even GUI.
We are disagreeing about the use of the word "the?"

Hmmm...  :roflmao:

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Re: What is the name of the OS?
« Reply #45 on: April 06, 2010, 01:05:38 AM »
Boo you suck. You run workbench from a shell, so clearly the shell is the GUI...

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Re: What is the name of the OS?
« Reply #46 on: April 06, 2010, 02:34:29 AM »
My monitor is my GUI!  My mouse is gooey!
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Re: What is the name of the OS?
« Reply #47 on: April 06, 2010, 03:02:34 AM »
Hi,

@ all Amiga users,

The original name for the operating system for the Amiga 1000 was Intuition. It came with the 1.0 disks that were soon upgraded to the 1.1 disks, which totally torqued me off since Electronic Arts made Artic Fox to run with the 1.0 disks. Arctic Fox wouldn't run with the 1.1 disk set. So the orginal name for the Amiga Operating system was Intuition. Everybody that said this gets an Amiga point, those new members that didn't need to study the history of the Amiga some more.

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Re: What is the name of the OS?
« Reply #48 on: April 06, 2010, 03:59:21 AM »
smerf disagrees with me.

That proves I'm right!!  ;-)

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p.s.  Actually, looks like smerf said Intuition was the OS, which nobody else said.  hmmm.  ;)  No Amiga points..
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Re: What is the name of the OS?
« Reply #49 on: April 06, 2010, 04:36:51 AM »
@desiv

Listen to Karlos. He knows what he's talking about. You might learn something to boot...
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Re: What is the name of the OS?
« Reply #50 on: April 06, 2010, 05:21:38 AM »
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@desiv
Listen to Karlos. He knows what he's talking about. You might learn something to boot...

I did listen to him.  I just don't agree with him..

Why is that such a problem here?  :confused:

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Re: What is the name of the OS?
« Reply #51 on: April 06, 2010, 09:15:00 AM »
It isn't a problem. You can call whatever you wish "the GUI", it's a question of perspective.

I look at these things from the perspective of what makes whatever else work at a component level. You are looking at it from the perspective of an end user of the system as a whole. Or at least that's how it looks from here.
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Re: What is the name of the OS?
« Reply #52 on: April 06, 2010, 01:46:40 PM »
I think you should take a point off everybody who didnt mention intuition. 'cos that way as i've said it now, I get a 2 point head start.

@Thomas, you've gotta pull out your old C64 man. Start it up and it will all come flooding back to you. But do it soon, that SID chip's internally glowing red LED is starting to slowly fade as quickly as a Terminators eye...!

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