There's imo.im, which has a Flash-based Skype client. It semi-works on Sun Rays, so I would expect it to work on a regular desktop/laptop.
William Yang > -----Original Message----- > From: desktop-discuss-bounces at opensolaris.org [mailto:desktop-discuss- > bounces at opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Brandon Barker > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 11:16 AM > To: desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org > Subject: Re: [desktop-discuss] what is missing in the OpenSolaris desktop? > > prstat is nice for zones as well, you can see what's happening in all of > them (ncluding linux zones): > prstat -Z > > I could also use skype support, or if there was a very-cross-platform > alternative (at least windows, OS X, and linux also) that worked on > solaris I could use that. > > IPS package manager should have a checkbox menu that lets you define which > packages can be viewed or search, rather than only one at a time. > > Also I noticed that Star Office 9 patches don't seem to work on > OpenSolaris yet... would be nice to have better Star Office support for > customers that have purchased it. > > Google apps in general (not all of which are open source): Chrome, Google > Earth, Android Devkit, Android on Solaris. > > KDE 4.3 when it is available, preferably quick&easy to install, and well > integrated. > > This isn't directly related but better lx zone integration. Lx zones are > great but there are a few problems: > 1) They don't support modern linux distributions ... centos 5.3 is about > as close as you can get that I know of. > > 2)To run an X application, you have to use ssh X11 forwarding or export > diplays, etc. It would be pretty cool to have a lx zone that could be > tailored to enabling linux desktop compatability, such that even 3d apps > and games would run smoothly in it. I think most of the tech must be > there .... this would be really great. I know one of the design > principles of zones is sandboxing, but actually enabling IPC between zones > (perhaps as an abstraction over sockets? - Idunno much about this) seems > like it'd be pretty useful. > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > desktop-discuss mailing list > desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org
