Hey, On 12/08/2008, at 1:19 PM, James Cornell wrote:
> JDS under OpenSolaris has a more streamlined look and feel. GTK+ > programs are unified under the new Nimbus theme and new versions of > Firefox have been bundled as soon as they become available for > OpenSolaris' JDS stack. There's also better font rendering (In some > cases) and inclusion of Ekiga VoIP application which you can use to > collaborate if you have a mic. Java 6 and StarOffice 8 are other > perks > that fit under the JDS name, This is regarding Community and > Developer > Edition (Developer is discontinued, use Community) not Indiana. I > assumed from the moniker 05/08 you meant SXDE, but bear in mind this > is > not a supported platform. SXCE should fit your needs, and Indiana > with > 2008.11 release should also when it comes out. You can download > current > versions of Solaris Express Community Edition for both SPARC and x86/ > x64 > (Combined in one ISO) from > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/downloads/sol_ex_dvd_1/ for free. > Developer Edition was based on Community and has the same > functionality, > but Community updates more rapidly. Just to add to what James posted (so everyone is clear), there will be no more Solaris Express Developer Edition. Community Edition will continue until such a stage where IPS, SPARC support and the new installer bits goes back into the mainline Nevada gate. Glynn
