Silly Question

[Dotan Cohen]

On 8/4/05, Tom Pangborn <tepy at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>  So here's the deal, I've been casually using Fedora Core for about nine
> months now and feel like I've come full term. No doubt about it, I'm
> convinced, it's a better deal than Microsoft Windows. Still, I have a
> question about how Fedora Core, GNOME, Linux, and Xwindows all play
> together, really I want to know who's who 
>  
>  Okay, Fedora Core is a distribution, got it clear as rain. Linux, by
> comparison, would be the Windows equivalent of that crazy kernel32.dll. It's
> the relationship between GNOME and Xwindows that I don't get? Anybody want
> to take a shot at getting this into the thick skull of tepy?
>  

Gnome sits on top of Xwindows which sits on top of a Linux kernel.

Dotan
http://lyricslist.com/lyrics/artist_albums/56/bangles.php
The Bangles Song Lyrics