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Sun To Upgrade Java Desktop System

Posted by Hemos on from the playing-catch-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The second version of Sun's Java Desktop System should be unveiled this week, according to this article. And as part of Sun's effort to entice programmers to its new software, the new JDS software will include the Java Studio and NetBeans developer tools." The JDS is their Linux desktop system.

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  1. What about this new configuration manager!? by vijaya_chandra · · Score: 5, Funny

    It also will come with the first version of Sun's Configuration Manager, which lets an administrator control the privileges and settings of different groups of desktop users.

    I am confused.
    Were sshd, bash and vi missing in the previous version!?!?

  2. Re:The first time I booted the Java Desktop LiveCD by jarich · · Score: 5, Funny
    Agreed. No one (even Sun apparently) bundles the Sun JDK.

    Sigh....

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    Agile Artisans
  3. Impressive by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Funny
    Wow, maybe I've got to take a look at Java again. Lots of people have posted comments saying that the JRE 1.4 is faster and more efficient than you'd think.

    But it looks like with this new Java Desktop System, the proof is here. If Sun was able to port the entire Linux OS to run on the JRE, and Gnome too apparently... well, I'm impressed.

    The only thing I wonder is why they went ahead and reimplemented yet another clone of Unix. It seems that with their pioneering Java software technology under the hood (after all, this is the language that introduced features like dynamic class loading, garbage collection and introspection to the world of computing) they could have pioneered a new modern, modular desktop OS.