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'''Java Desktop System''', briefly known as '''OpenSolaris Desktop''', is a [[legacy system|legacy]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19126-01/index.html|title=Java Desktop System Product Library Documentation|website=docs.oracle.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-28}}</ref> [[desktop environment]] developed first by [[Sun Microsystems]] and then by [[Oracle Corporation]] after the 2010 Oracle acquisition of Sun. Java Desktop System is available for [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] and was once available for [[Linux]]. The Linux version was discontinued after Solaris was released as [[open source software]] in 2005. Java Desktop System aims to provide a system familiar to the average computer user with a full suite of office [[productivity software]] such as an [[office suite]], a [[web browser]], [[email]], calendaring, and instant messaging. | '''Java Desktop System''', briefly known as '''OpenSolaris Desktop''', is a [[legacy system|legacy]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19126-01/index.html|title=Java Desktop System Product Library Documentation|website=docs.oracle.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-28}}</ref> [[desktop environment]] developed first by [[Sun Microsystems]] and then by [[Oracle Corporation]] after the 2010 Oracle acquisition of Sun. Java Desktop System is available for [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] and was once available for [[Linux]]. The Linux version was discontinued after Solaris was released as [[open source software]] in 2005. Java Desktop System aims to provide a system familiar to the average computer user with a full suite of office [[productivity software]] such as an [[office suite]], a [[web browser]], [[email]], calendaring, and instant messaging. | ||
Despite being known as the Java Desktop System, it is not actually written in [[Java (programming language)|Java]]. Rather, it is built around a modified version of [[GNOME]] along with other common free software projects, which are written mostly in [[C (programming language)|C]] and [[C++]]. The name reflected Sun's promotion of the product as an outlet for corporate users to deploy software written for the Java platform. | Despite being known as the Java Desktop System, it is not actually written in [[Java (programming language)|Java]]. Rather, it is built around a modified version of [[GNOME]] along with other common free software projects, which are written mostly in [[C (programming language)|C]] and [[C++]]. The name reflected Sun's promotion of the product as an outlet for corporate users to deploy software written for the [[Java (software platform)|Java platform]]. | ||
==Versions== | ==Versions== | ||
JDS was originally made available via a titular "operating environment", which was a custom [[Linux]] | JDS was originally made available via a titular "operating environment", which was a custom [[Linux distribution]] based upon [[SUSE Linux]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-05-21 |title=First look: Sun Java Desktop System Release 2 |url=https://www.linux.com/news/first-look-sun-java-desktop-system-release-2/ |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=Linux.com |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
Sun first bundled a preview release of GNOME 1.4 on a separate CD for Solaris 8. | Sun first bundled a preview release of GNOME 1.4 on a separate CD for Solaris 8. | ||
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Java Desktop System, briefly known as OpenSolaris Desktop, is a legacy[1] desktop environment developed first by Sun Microsystems and then by Oracle Corporation after the 2010 Oracle acquisition of Sun. Java Desktop System is available for Solaris and was once available for Linux. The Linux version was discontinued after Solaris was released as open source software in 2005. Java Desktop System aims to provide a system familiar to the average computer user with a full suite of office productivity software such as an office suite, a web browser, email, calendaring, and instant messaging.
Despite being known as the Java Desktop System, it is not actually written in Java. Rather, it is built around a modified version of GNOME along with other common free software projects, which are written mostly in C and C++. The name reflected Sun's promotion of the product as an outlet for corporate users to deploy software written for the Java platform.
Versions
JDS was originally made available via a titular "operating environment", which was a custom Linux distribution based upon SUSE Linux.[2]
Sun first bundled a preview release of GNOME 1.4 on a separate CD for Solaris 8.
JDS version 2 included:
- Java
- GNOME (using the Blueprint theme)
- StarOffice
- Mozilla
- Evolution
- MP3 and CD player
- Java Media Framework's Java Media Player
- Gaim multi-service instant messaging
- RealPlayer
JDS Release 2 was available for Solaris and for the SuSE-based Linux distribution.
JDS Release 3 was released in 2005. It was included with Solaris 10 — upon installation of Solaris, one has the choice of using either the CDE or JDS. It was based on GNOME 2.6 and available only for the Solaris 10 platform.
OpenSolaris Desktop
OpenSolaris received its own version of the Java Desktop System. OpenSolaris Desktop was tied to the OpenSolaris operating system, and did not have its own release schedule.
OpenSolaris Desktop 01 (released October 28, 2005) was based on GNOME 2.10 and OpenSolaris Desktop 02 (released December 23, 2005) was based on GNOME 2.12. The last version was released with the release of OpenSolaris 2009.6, and was based on Gnome 2.24.[3] It also included Firefox 3.1, OpenOffice 3 and Sun VirtualBox. The OpenSolaris Desktop line of the Java Desktop System became defunct with the end of the OpenSolaris project.[4]
Availability
With the end of the OpenSolaris project, JDS Release 3 is now the last release of the project on a currently supported operating system[5] Solaris 10. Newer Solaris based operating systems have abandoned the Java Desktop System. Solaris 11 and projects based upon the OpenSolaris codebase such as OpenIndiana use a stock version of GNOME.[6]
See also
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References
External links
- Oracle Documentation
- OS News review December 2003
- eWeek Review December 2003
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