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Sun Java Desktop System Release 2
Jahf writes "Sun is putting out Java Desktop System Release 2. Some overview information is in this article while more technical information about the new management solutions are in this one. Quickly: the desktop environment is essentially the same, though Sun has added support for GIMLET (allows one to change the current input language on a per-window basis), officially supported Japanese and Korean translations, and is including a Java-based online update client. The bigger changes are management items that are normally hidden from the end-user but valuable to the Admin. Configuration Manager allows admins to setup client preferences for remote desktops and 'protect' those settings to create policies. Sun Control Station (the last remaining Sun product from the Cobalt acquisition) can work as a network imaging server, can monitor remote desktops, and can work as a patch server (both by pushing patches out to many desktops and by serving as an online update server for clients who need to pull additional packages)."
because maybe your computer is too fast
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... is that all Java software has been removed.
Sun is has been going no where fast
I'd say Sun is going no where slow. Just like their products.
I'm here all day, folks.
Actually, I think the hardware requirements suggest at a minimum you should run it on a 4 node beowulf cluster.
Lockdown of the user desktop: In the context of configuration management, lockdown plays a significant role, as it prevents users from changing their default environment and helps administrators provide and mandate simpler desktop environments, which in turn can help prevent users from being distracted from their core work. In the competition with other desktop systems, lockdown plays an important role.
Sun's software now includes blinders! Why wont my opponet debate this issue? Is it because he's a horse... or because he has BLINDERS ON! No periphial vision! *snap* *snap* *snap*
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More importantly... does it really require a 160GB hard drive?
Scott McNealy, is that you? How you doing buddy?
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More importantly... does it really require a 160GB hard drive?
That was a typo, it should read '160GB available disk space'.
The speed of Java, the intuitiveness and simplicity of Windows, the sanity of SkyOS all in one product!
No, it takes real flair and hard work to make Gnome look that bad.
Panurge has posted for the last time. Thanks for the positive moderations.
Could you imagine the requirements to run a game on top of that?
The requirements should have clearly specified that the system case should have enough clear space for your Playstation 2 to sit on.
>I wrote some Java code and it was damn slow!
Good argument.
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Tell me, how in the world is that a troll?
It's posted on Slashdot. Most juries will convict on less evidence.
. . . and Novell has a secretary named Sun, and Sun had a secretary named Novell . . .