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Java Desktop System Review

Posted by michael on from the write-once-run-sometimes dept.

Reader writes "OSNews has the first in-depth review of Sun's Java Desktop System based on the final code. The article discusses the good (stability, Star Office 7, good Java integration) and the bad (no KDE, buggy RealTek driver, shaky Samba) and it includes a number of screenshots. It seems that Sun has put all its attention on Gnome and while this is good for cosistency across their desktop (some of their Java apps use the native GTK+ themeing), it also limits its users from an out-of-the-box KDE and its thousands of apps choice."

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  1. E-Week by chill · · Score: 5, Informative

    E-Week also has a good review.

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    1. Re:E-Week by MasterD · · Score: 3, Informative
      Well, if you call getting many of the facts wrong good...

      • It is $50/seat if you have Sun's Enterprise server stack (not $150).
      • RedHat ships things that are not just GPL
      • GPL stands for "General Public License"
    2. Re:E-Week by shemnon · · Score: 3, Informative

      well, now it stands for "General Public Licnece." But that was after the FSF did their FUD renaming the LGPL from "Library GNU Public License" to "Lesser General Public License" and adding the Linux slander (my opinion at least) to the preamble.

      GPL more accurately referres to "GNU General Public License" and LGPL to "GNU Lesser General Public License"

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  2. Re:ELQ by FortKnox · · Score: 5, Informative

    That's cause she's the one submitting them (check at the very bottom under "accepted stories"). Yeah, she submitted it anonymously, but slashdot tries to 'hide' anonymous posts/submissions, right? As you can see, the code was poorly architected, and some 'anti-anonymizing' stuff gets through. This leads to the assumption that anonymous really isn't anonymous at all... regardless of where it happens on this site.

    Not a troll, just an observation. So much for practicing what you preach.

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    Good quote, too many chars. Seriously, the slashdot 120 char limit sucks!