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  2. History of the graphical user interface - Wikipedia

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    New graphical desktop movements grew up around Linux and similar operating systems, based on the X Window System. A new emphasis on providing an integrated and uniform interface to the user brought about new desktop environments, such as KDE Plasma 5, GNOME and Xfce which have supplanted CDE in popularity on both Unix and Unix-like operating ...

  3. Xerox Alto - Wikipedia

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    It is one of the first computers to use a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) text editor and has a bit-mapped display. The Alto did not succeed commercially, but it had a significant influence on the development of future computer systems. The Alto was designed for an operating system based on a GUI, later using the desktop metaphor.

  4. Timeline of operating systems - Wikipedia

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    General Motors Operating System made for IBM 701 [2] MIT's Tape Director operating system made for UNIVAC 1103 [3] [4] 1956 GM-NAA I/O for IBM 704, based on General Motors Operating System; 1957 Atlas Supervisor (Manchester University) (Atlas computer project start) BESYS , for IBM 704, later IBM 7090 and IBM 7094; 1958

  5. IBM releases its first personal computer on This Day in ... - AOL

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    It's difficult to imagine life today without computers, but the personal computer was barely a reality just 33 years ago. On August 12th, 1981, IBM introduced their first PC model, also known as ...

  6. History of operating systems - Wikipedia

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    It was based on several Digital Equipment Corporation operating systems, mostly for the PDP-11 architecture. Microsoft's first operating system, MDOS/MIDAS, was designed along many of the PDP-11 features, but for microprocessor based systems. MS-DOS, or PC DOS when supplied by IBM, was designed to be similar to CP/M-80. [18]

  7. Windows 1.0 - Wikipedia

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    Windows 1.0 is the first major release of Microsoft Windows, a family of graphical operating systems for personal computers developed by Microsoft.It was first released to manufacturing in the United States on November 20, 1985, while the European version was released as Windows 1.02 in May 1986.

  8. List of computing mascots - Wikipedia

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    SUSE Linux, a Linux-based free and open-source computer operating system family: A stylized chameleon [28] Glenda, the Plan 9 Bunny: Plan 9 from Bell Labs, a free and open-source distributed operating system that manages all computing resources through its file system rather than specialized interfaces: A cartoon rabbit [29] GNU [d]

  9. Microsoft thinks it found a way to make PCs relevant again - AOL

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    Microsoft jumped headfirst into building artificial intelligence directly into its Windows operating system on Monday, announcing new AI computers that could help ramp up flagging PC sales.