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Operating Systems Linux What is the difference between Linux and Windows? Post 302651903 by Neo on Wednesday 6th of June 2012 10:25:44 AM
Old 06-06-2012
I was explaining this to someone the other day, and said something like:

"Windows was designed from the outside-in; and Unix/Linux was designed from the inside-out".


This is kinda like the comparison to a building a house. When you have a strong foundation; the house is strong and can survive the test-of-time; but when you have focused on making it pretty on the outside; but then the house is easily blown down in a heavy wind.

In other words, if someone decides to build a great operation system with a solid working inner-core; it ends up looking like Unix/Linux; because that is what a solid, reliable, working operating system looks like.

There is really no comparison, as others have said. The design philosophies were and are so different.
 

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HWND(3TK)						       Tk Library Procedures							 HWND(3TK)

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NAME
Tk_GetHWND, Tk_AttachHWND - manage interactione between the Windows handle and an X window SYNOPSIS
#include <tkPlatDecls.h> HWND Tk_GetHWND(window) Window Tk_AttachHWND(tkwin, hwnd) ARGUMENTS
Window window (in) X token for window. Tk_Window tkwin (in) Tk window for window. HWND hwnd (in) Windows HWND for window. _________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION
Tk_GetHWND returns the Windows HWND identifier for X Windows window given by window. Tk_AttachHWND binds the Windows HWND identifier to the specified Tk_Window given by tkwin. It returns an X Windows window that encapsulates the HWND. KEYWORDS
identifier, window ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +--------------------+-----------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +--------------------+-----------------+ |Availability | SUNWTk | +--------------------+-----------------+ |Interface Stability | Uncommitted | +--------------------+-----------------+ NOTES
Source for Tk is available on http://opensolaris.org. Tk 8.0 HWND(3TK)
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