Gnome 2.0 Officially Available For Solaris

MoonRider writes "Today, Sun Microsystems announced the availability of the GNOME 2.0 Desktop for the Solaris Operating Environment.
You could already download beta versions of the Gnome 2.0 desktop but this is the "official" release that will replace CDE as the default desktop for the Solaris operating system. You can get it on the Sun website."

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CDE and SNL

[Anonymous Coward]

(CDE walking towards exit on plane, cue SNL bit from a few years ago ...)

buh-bye

Top 5 reasons to use GNOME 2.0

[Amsterdam Vallon]

5 -- Footprint logos are way cooler than green dragons

4 -- Your KDE installation died

3 -- 2.0 is the same version number as your Linux kernel installation

2 -- If Stallman uses it, it's gotta be good

1 -- You'd rather embrace Evolution than Jesus

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Re:Top 5 reasons to use GNOME 2.0

[Anonymous Coward]

Stallman doesn't use it. He uses Emacs.

Re:Top 5 reasons to use GNOME 2.0

[Anonymous Coward]

Stallman doesn't use it. He uses Emacs.

Yes. The complete desktop solution that existed even before X.

Re:Top 5 reasons to use GNOME 2.0

[FuzzyBad-Mofo]

The complete desktop solution that existed even before X.

Too bad it doesn't have a decent text editor.

Re:Top 5 reasons to use GNOME 2.0

[mav[LAG]]

Too bad it doesn't have a decent text editor.

Sure it does :) Put this in your ~/.xemacs/init.el file (or ~/.emacs):

(setq viper-mode t)
(require 'viper)

Re:Sun and GNOME

[Telastyn]

Ah, I've little use for a file manager; probably why I didn't notice. ty

as a recent 2.0 convert, I beg to differ

[SHEENmaster]

Many gtk2 features, particularly the file selection dialog box, are better.

A few of the configuration dialogs haven't been finished, but it is definitly worth the upgrade.

As for giving the something half baked (*cough*SCO UNIX*cough*), why not give them GDM and the choice of using CDE, KDE, GNOME, or TWM?

I apologize for calling SCO UNIX "half baked." This statement was in error, in fact SCO is such a load of useless non-functional crap that I don't consider it UNIX at all. Even OS X is more complete! (I also apologize for comparing OS X to SCO, winshit(my first choice), sucks nearly as much as SCO.)

Re:Sun and GNOME

[the_real_tigga]

Thanks for the link.

And if you read on, there are two nice other FAQ:

24.Q. How does GNOME compare to CDE?
A. CDE [...] provides a consistent graphical user interface for UNIX workstations.
GNOME leapfrogs CDE in [...] visual design.

25.Q. How does GNOME compare to Microsoft Windows?
A. GNOME is an open, free, and productive desktop environment that sparks innovation and excitement among users and developers worldwide.
Microsoft Windows is not.

Apples to oranges to the point.

Re:I realize this isn't a support form, but -

[zmooc]

If there's enough space available in /tmp, just ln -s it to there and keep a backup.tgz in your homedir for when it gets deleted:)

And if you liked the look of CDE

[Chemicalscum]

And remeber if you liked the look of CDE - then with Gnome you can install XFce and configure to look just like CDE running under Solaris.

Re:what took them so long

[ZoneGray]

>> CDE was getting a little bit outdated

Geez, too bad there's no mod option for "understatement".

Re:Good to see

[Futaba-chan]

"Stable" doesn't exactly describe this release -- I just installed it, and it just crashed.