> > Shiva: Could you subscribe to the Bangalore Open Solaris User Group ? > > There are lots of other people there who would love to hear of this idea :) > > > > -- Sriram > >
Project Proposal: hdesktop > > Posted: Feb 27, 2007 12:31 PM > > To: OpenSolaris ? discuss > > Cc: OpenSolaris ? mktg > > Cc: OpenSolaris ? program-team > > Cc: Communities ? desktop ? discuss > > Cc: Communities ? security ? discuss > > *Reply*<http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/post%21reply.jspa?messageID=97138> > > > > > > Hello, > > > > Solaris is an elaborate, advanced and secure operating system which has > > so far been in the realm of IT professionals, so much so that the standalone > > products such as the Ultra 10 workstation has been intended for the > > tech-savvy professional. > > * > > hdesktop* is a product intended to be a desktop, initially for the > > Solaris familiar professional who would love to take a solaris desktop home. > > But gradually the product is to be shaped as a secure desktop with > > "no-settings-to-do" secure environment, with specialized hardware, a GUI > > that requires that has a completely non-technical interface and so on. > > > > A brief description of this project is at > > *www.isolatednetworks.com/hdesktop.htm > > * <http://www.isolatednetworks.com/hdesktop.htm> The tasks outlined in > > the page may appear very basic, but that it the idea: Attention to the > > basics from the Technically Advanced Professionals. > > > > The idea is to scale down a sun server into that of a desktop, to a > > level of usage ease, yet secure enough for someone whose idea of virus and > > worm protection is an anti-bacterial casing. > > > > Project Phases: > > > > 1. The basic phase: A "crude box"is built up as a prototype with an Asus > > M2 NP VM motherboard with nVidea and an amd athelon processor 3600. The > > Hardware compatiblility list has been consulted in deciding on this board. > > But three attempts to install, each time a different version, Solaris 10, > > 1/06. 06/06 and now 11/06 - all resulted in some minor compatiblity issue, > > which should be solvable: 1. The display resolution now is 800x640. 2) The > > network is not detected 3) star office in Java Desktop does not install 4) > > the cursor is invisible on re-log in, but appears if the machine is > > restarted. The first phase to get it all working. It would help if a few of > > the solaris professionals at Bangalore / Chennai can physically examine the > > hardware and go over the installation and patching routine. > > > > 2. Hardware redesign: I talked about this product and how it all makes > > strategic sense for Sun but the crucial observation is that this product > > also has a motherboard and a processor, like any other desktop manufactured > > by any other company. So, the hardware needs to be differentiated, unique > > engineered. Motherboard, yes, but of what unique features ??? And about > > custom casing, with security features... > > > > 3. Software bundling: Here the focus is to "minimise" componets, improve > > desktop features (Java Desktop) and make the product secure for someone > > allergic to command prompt and technical terms. > > > > This proposal comes from a company with commercial intent, which wishes > > to discover ways by which it could reciprocate the help taken ... > > > > Muthusamy Sivasubramanian, India.* > > **http://www.isolatednetworks.com/hdesktop.htm > > *<http://www.isolatednetworks.com/hdesktop.htm> > > * > > **weblogs.java.net/blog/isolatednetworks > > *<http://weblogs.java.net/blog/isolatednetworks> > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ug-bosug/attachments/20070228/9e603c1d/attachment.html>
