Installation guide

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Overview of the DIGITAL UNIX User
Environment
Using a DIGITAL UNIX operating system is similar to using an ULTRIX
and UWS operating system. Like an ULTRIX and UWS system, a DIGITAL
UNIX system offers both a windowing graphical user interface (GUI) for
workstations and a terminal interface.
Also like ULTRIX and UWS, the DIGITAL UNIX workstation interface is
DECwindows, based on the industry standard OSF/Motif. As a result, there
are no significant differences between the workstation interfaces of both
systems. ULTRIX and UWS does offer, in addition, an XUI version of the
DECwindows interface, based on a DIGITAL proprietary graphical user
interface.
In addition to the windowing interface, you can use the DIGITAL UNIX
system from a terminal or from a workstation window that emulates a
terminal. With few exceptions, the commands and tools you use on an
ULTRIX system are on the DIGITAL UNIX system. DIGITAL UNIX
command and file names are case sensitive, just as they are on the
ULTRIX system. You can use pipes, command input and output redirection,
and background jobs in the same way that you use these features on an
ULTRIX system.
This chapter gives an overview of the DIGITAL UNIX user environment,
including differences in the workstation environment, differences in the
DIGITAL UNIX directory structure, and differences in supported tools and
shells, and differences in the security environment.
_______________________ Note _______________________
For details about using a DIGITAL UNIX system, see the
DECwindows User’s Guide and the Command and Shell User’s
Guide.
2.1 Differences in the DIGITAL UNIX DECwindows Interface
The DIGITAL UNIX DECwindows interface is based on OSF/Motif Version
1.2.3. By contrast, ULTRIX and UWS gives you a choice of two
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