“Linux has long been a contender in the corporate world to
Windows. In addition, consumer interest is on the rise for this
free, open sourcealternative to Windows or the Macintosh OS.“In the days before the graphical user interface (GUI), which
was first made popular by Apple and then cloned by Microsoft., the
computing world was ruled by the command-line structure. Whether
the operating system was Unix or DOS, graphics and audio
capabilities were limited. Computer users typed commands at a
prompt to run programs. Pointing devices did not exist and menus
were rudimentary, text-based options lists…”
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