Applications "talk to" the operating system for all user interface and file management operations. Also called an "executive" or "supervisor," an operating system performs the following functions.

Operating systems have many functions: A user interface is a program, or suite of programs that allows a user to interact with a computer. There are three types of interface to be considered ...

On Monday, the last day of September, the Raleigh-based company released an upgrade of its Red Hat Linux--version 8.0--that features significant improvements to the GUI in order to make Linux a ...