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I think the difference is that with Windows you not only get a kernel API, but also a GUI api and more. To get the same on Linux you need to add X11 (or maybe W
by digi_owl 10y ago
I think the difference is that with Windows you not only get a kernel API, but also a GUI api and more. To get the same on Linux you need to add X11 (or maybe Wayland down the road, though the comparison is not strictly accurate) and perhaps some toolkit (GTK, Qt, etc).