Types of User Interfaces
We stipulate that there are two groups of user interfaces: those that display information in character mode and those that display richer information in graphics mode on a GUI, as shown in Table 8-1.
| Location | Type | Windows | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local | Text | Command-line interface; runs within a Windows interface | Select a shell; multiple sessions optional |
| Remote | Text | Telnet, bundled (no security) and third party (security optional) | Telnet, SSH, select a shell |
| Local | Graphics | Standard | X Windows, optional |
| Remote | Graphics | Remote control programs; Windows Terminal Server; requires WTS client | X Windows, optional |
Character Mode
A character-mode display device composes output information from alpha numeric ...
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