[Gllug] On Linux desktops...

[Paul Brazier]

> Which is sufficient. Text, not graphics, hence not graphical.

In terms of semiotics isn't text just a special case of graphics?
A circle could be a picture of a circle or it could be the letter "o" -
it depends on the context.

I think the big difference is between the 1D commandline and a 2D
display - whether the building blocks are ascii blocks or single pixels.

Since a screen is physically 2D anything like virtual desktops, layered
windows etc is just giving the illusion of added dimensions.


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