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1. If Shell is something that handles the commands, what is the Operating System them? What does that do actually? Bridge the Shell and the Hardware or Instruction Set together?
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The shell is a command interpretor and can also be used as a human interface.
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2. One of the commands that I'm curious about is the "which" command. I want to know what is exactly written inside it. How will I know that?
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Depends on who wrote the version used on your operating system. which is just another UNIX user program.
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3. I've just read that Windows Explorer is the Shell for most Windows OSes. Does Vista have the same shell too?
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Not for Windows 1 through 3.11 or NT 3.1 to 3.51.
Vista will have a similar shell, however we are led to believe Vista was a rewrite from the bottom up as the code became too complicated.
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4. If both Linux and Windows were built on Unix, what is it that differentiates them the most? Why are only a few unix commands retained in Windows?
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Neither were built on UNIX. Linux is just the kernel at the heart of GNU/Linux distributions, Microsoft did sell Xenix for a while but Windows was originally a graphical DOS extender.
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5. If Windows Explorer is a shell, then what is a Kernel?
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As in if a Granny Smith was an apple, then what is an orange?
