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List:       opensolaris-desktop-discuss
Subject:    Re: [desktop-discuss] Future of Solaris on the desktop?
From:       Ken Mays <maybird1776 () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2010-12-31 6:23:30
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Hi Tom,

You have several options as there are the major projects like KDE 4.x for Solaris \
project as well as the JDS/GNOME project (whom already chimed in).

Both, GNOME 2.30.2 and KDE 4.5.3 are recent major stable releases available to the \
Solaris/OpenSolaris community - well supported. GNOME 2.32.1 is also supported but \
GNOME 2.30.2 is officially used to stay compatible with Solaris 11 Express (b151a).

As Alan mentioned, on x86 you have the Nvidia graphics as the major 2D/3D resource \
and updates to Oracle's Xorg 7.x implementation still continues.

The main thing is making sure you use 'known to work' legacy devices for desktop \
purposes. Don't go 'off the grid' and buy hardware devices without checking the HCL \
or Sun Support resources/IHV forums. As for applications, you have recent compilers \
like GCC 4.5.2 and Sun Studio 12.2 to port and build what you need (or get the \
assistance here (or elsewhere).

~ Ken Mays
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