[Info-vax] openvms and xterm

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 17:04:36 +1200, David Goodwin wrote:

> If anything, Linux has acquired Windows NT style service 
> management and logging with systemd.

Did you know that systemd uses text-based config files in .INI format? The 
same format Microsoft invented for Windows back in the 1980s, then junked 
in favour of that stinking cesspool known as the Registry?

> Linux is no different here. Want to upgrade your X server? Going to have
> to at least restart all X11 apps.

That’s just logging out of a GUI session and logging in again.

And remember, you can have multiple GUI sessions logged in at once.

> For example, the csrss.exe mentioned in the article is the user-space
> chunk of the Win32 environment subsystem - the thing that allows Windows
> NT to run regular windows software.

There’s nothing like that needed on Linux.