Java Desktop System

infobox software
name = Java Desktop System



caption = Solaris 10 with Java Desktop System
developer = Sun Microsystems
latest release version =
latest release date =
operating system = Solaris
genre = Desktop environment
language = Multilingual (more than 35)
license = GNU Lesser General Public License
GNU General Public License
website =
working state = Current

Java Desktop System (JDS) is a desktop environment from Sun Microsystems, available for Solaris, and formerly Linux.

JDS aims to provide a system familiar to the average computer user (meaning it looks similar to Microsoft Windows) with a full suite of office productivity software such as an office suite, a web browser, email, calendaring, and instant messaging.

JDS is not actually written in Java; it is built from GNOME and other common free software projects. The name reflects Sun's promotion of the product as a venue for corporate users to deploy software written for the Java platform

Versions

Sun first bundled a preview release of GNOME 1.4 on a separate CD for Solaris 8.

JDS version 2 includes:

*Java
*GNOME (using the Blueprint theme)
*StarOffice
*Mozilla
*Evolution
*MP3 and CD player
*Java Media Framework's Java Media Player
*Gaim multi-service instant messaging
*RealPlayer

Support for Linux was discontinued on 30 May 2006. [cite web | url=http://www.sun.com/software/javadesktopsystem/eol.xml | title=Java Desktop System, Release 2 for Linux OS – EOL | publisher=sun.com | author=Sun Microsystems | accessdate=2007-02-28]

JDS 3 is included with Solaris 10 — upon installation of Solaris, one has the choice of using either the CDE or JDS. JDS Release 2 is also available atop a SuSE-based Linux distribution.

JDS Release 3 is based on GNOME 2.6 and is only available for the Solaris 10 platform. Sun is currently deploying JDS 3 on all of its internal Solaris 10 desktops.

JDS for OpenSolaris is sometimes called OpenSolaris Desktop. OpenSolaris Desktop 01 (released October 28, 2005) was based on GNOME 2.10 and OpenSolaris Desktop 02 (released December 23, 2005) is based on GNOME 2.12.

ee also

*Project Looking Glass

References

External links

* [http://wwws.sun.com/software/javadesktopsystem/ Sun Java Desktop System (Sun)]
* [http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/desktop/communities/jds/ OpenSolaris community for Java Desktop System (OpenSolaris)]
* [http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=5286 OS News review] December 2003
* [http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1396988,00.asp eWeek Review] December 2003
* [http://members.shaw.ca/guis/solaris_jds.html Java Desktop System on Solaris 10]