[KLUG Members] Sun gets order for up to a million linux desktops

[Richard Harding]

adam@morrison.iserv.net wrote:

>>>Here's the link:> >
>>>http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5108336.html
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>>This doesn't seem to be so much desktop linux as a Java terminal running 
>>on Linux backend servers.
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>http://wwws.sun.com/software/javadesktopsystem/
>http://wwws.sun.com/software/products/screenshot.html?img=/software/images/products/I1_mercury_lg.jpg&alt=Java%20Desktop%20System%20screenshot
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>It is - a dressed up GNOME desktop.  They've added their own connector, GNOME
>theme to Java widgets.  I met a guy who had a beta,  very sweet.
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>http://wwws.sun.com/software/javadesktopsystem/faq.html#2q0 -
>A. The major software components are as follows:
>    * GNOME 2.2 Desktop, with some 2.4-based modifications
>    * Mozilla 1.4 Web browser
>    * Evolution 1.4 e-mail, calendar, address book, and task list client (with a
>connector for the Sun Java System Calendar Server (formerly Sun ONE Calendar
>Server))
>    * StarOffice 7 Office Suite
>    * Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, 1.4.2 (with support for GNOME Look &
>Feel)
>    * Linux OS
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ah, I got distracted with all the talk in the article of using remote 
devices for access that I didn't look into things in more detail. Thanks 
for the info.