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[tacantara <tacantara@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think Bruno is on the right track.  IBM/PC-DOS based machines didn't
have Windows until 1985 (Version 1.0), and Apple's GUI was introduced on
the Lisa in 1982/1983.  If you go back far enough, the Xerox Alto
(1970's) had a GUI, and it was the inspiration for the Lisa.  Yes,
TMI...but I had fun doing some quick research on it ;)

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Graphical interface in Linux (incorrect information)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/508265
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Status in Ubuntu Manual: New

Bug description:
Located in ./prologue/prologue.tex :131 (Launchpad Translations reference)

It reads:
"For many years, Linux was entirely command line based --- it didn't have a Graphical User Interface [...]"

My first Linux was an Slackware distro, circa 1995 and it came with Fvwm, Netscape Navigator and a lot of Motif(ish) based applications... only 4 years after Linux was born :)

My suggestion is to change "many years" by "some years", and add some reference to older GUIs being hard to configure (actually, a nightmare)

Regards