1.1. User interfaces in Linux: graphical and command line

1.1. User interfaces in Linux: graphical and command line
Prev	Chapter 1. Linux and its user interfaces	Next

	Tip
If you're using SSH,^[2] you can skip to Section 1.4, “Shells, the shell prompt, and your home directory”. Recall that graphical applications are unavailable while you're using SSH, unless you're using X tunneling.^[3]

Tip

Recall that graphical applications are unavailable while you're using SSH, unless you're using X tunneling.^[3]

Fundamentally, there are two different ways to work with Linux:

through a graphical user interface (GUI),^[4] in which the user uses a mouse to manipulate windows.
through the command line interface (CLI),^[5] in which the user types commands at a prompt.

As suggested by the title, this guide focuses on the use of the CLI.

^[4]See the Wikipedia article on GUIs to learn more.

^[5]See the Wikipedia article on the CLI to learn more.