Sun Java Desktop System Release 2 196

Posted by michael on Tuesday May 04, 2004 @02:59PM from the java-desktop-still-a-stupid-name dept.

Jahf writes "Sun is putting out Java Desktop System Release 2. Some overview information is in this article while more technical information about the new management solutions are in this one. Quickly: the desktop environment is essentially the same, though Sun has added support for GIMLET (allows one to change the current input language on a per-window basis), officially supported Japanese and Korean translations, and is including a Java-based online update client. The bigger changes are management items that are normally hidden from the end-user but valuable to the Admin. Configuration Manager allows admins to setup client preferences for remote desktops and 'protect' those settings to create policies. Sun Control Station (the last remaining Sun product from the Cobalt acquisition) can work as a network imaging server, can monitor remote desktops, and can work as a patch server (both by pushing patches out to many desktops and by serving as an online update server for clients who need to pull additional packages)."

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Java for the desktop... (Score:4, Funny)

by SpanishInquisition ( 127269 ) writes: on Tuesday May 04, 2004 @03:00PM (#9054694) Homepage Journal

because maybe your computer is too fast

The main benefit to upgrading... (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday May 04, 2004 @03:04PM (#9054738)

... is that all Java software has been removed.

Re:Wooptie Dooo (Score:5, Funny)

by Neil Blender ( 555885 ) writes: <neilblender@gmail.com> on Tuesday May 04, 2004 @03:07PM (#9054774)

Sun is has been going no where fast

I'd say Sun is going no where slow. Just like their products.

Computers don't "run" Java (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday May 04, 2004 @03:08PM (#9054790)

They "walk" it.
I'm here all day, folks.

Re:can you imagine a beowulf cluster using this? (Score:2, Funny)

by Neil Blender ( 555885 ) writes: <neilblender@gmail.com> on Tuesday May 04, 2004 @03:09PM (#9054803)

Actually, I think the hardware requirements suggest at a minimum you should run it on a 4 node beowulf cluster.

Blinders! (Score:5, Funny)

by imidazole2 ( 776413 ) writes: on Tuesday May 04, 2004 @03:16PM (#9054898) Homepage Journal

Lockdown of the user desktop: In the context of configuration management, lockdown plays a significant role, as it prevents users from changing their default environment and helps administrators provide and mandate simpler desktop environments, which in turn can help prevent users from being distracted from their core work. In the competition with other desktop systems, lockdown plays an important role.

Sun's software now includes blinders! Why wont my opponet debate this issue? Is it because he's a horse... or because he has BLINDERS ON! No periphial vision! *snap* *snap* *snap*

Re:Recommended Server Requirements (Score:2, Funny)

by jamespharaoh ( 551737 ) writes: on Tuesday May 04, 2004 @03:24PM (#9054995)

More importantly... does it really require a 160GB hard drive?

Re:Although it's fun to joke about Java... (Score:4, Funny)

by SQLz ( 564901 ) writes: on Tuesday May 04, 2004 @03:25PM (#9055006) Homepage Journal

Scott McNealy, is that you? How you doing buddy?

Re:Recommended Server Requirements (Score:4, Funny)

by bratgrrl ( 197603 ) writes: on Tuesday May 04, 2004 @03:29PM (#9055039)

"Wonder what a 200BaseT nic is.."

Token Ring revival! w00t!

Re:Recommended Server Requirements (Score:2, Funny)

by Neil Blender ( 555885 ) writes: <neilblender@gmail.com> on Tuesday May 04, 2004 @03:33PM (#9055093)

More importantly... does it really require a 160GB hard drive?

That was a typo, it should read '160GB available disk space'.

Wow (Score:4, Funny)

by greygent ( 523713 ) writes: on Tuesday May 04, 2004 @03:44PM (#9055256) Homepage

The speed of Java, the intuitiveness and simplicity of Windows, the sanity of SkyOS all in one product!

Re:And Sun shows it's command of English (Score:3, Funny)

by james_marsh ( 147079 ) writes: on Tuesday May 04, 2004 @03:45PM (#9055289)

Why pay when you can set-up GNOME/KDE to look the same?
No, it takes real flair and hard work to make Gnome look that bad.

Please explain the format (yes, a bit offtopic) (Score:4, Funny)

by panurge ( 573432 ) writes: on Tuesday May 04, 2004 @03:48PM (#9055322)
A bit off-topic I know but, why the syntax?
- Admirer of e e cummings
- Admirer of Molly Bloom's soliloquy in Ulysses
- archie from archie and mehitabel
- Trouble with shift key
- lazy one fingered typist
- It was hard to write, it should be hard to read
Re:Computers don't "run" Java (Score:2, Funny)

by SuburbaniteFury ( 776695 ) writes: on Tuesday May 04, 2004 @05:03PM (#9056446)

Actually, they "run" the Java Virtual Machine just fine, but somewhere in there a shoelace comes untied...

Re:Nothing Minimum about it... (Score:3, Funny)

by ZX-3 ( 745525 ) writes: on Tuesday May 04, 2004 @05:06PM (#9056480)

Could you imagine the requirements to run a game on top of that?

The requirements should have clearly specified that the system case should have enough clear space for your Playstation 2 to sit on.

Re:Although it's fun to joke about Java... (Score:2, Funny)

by donbrock ( 705779 ) writes: on Tuesday May 04, 2004 @05:09PM (#9056527)

>I wrote some Java code and it was damn slow!

Good argument.

Re:Troll? What? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday May 04, 2004 @05:43PM (#9056946)

Tell me, how in the world is that a troll?

It's posted on Slashdot. Most juries will convict on less evidence.

Re:Novell vs Sun (Score:3, Funny)

by MyHair ( 589485 ) writes: on Wednesday May 05, 2004 @01:38AM (#9060692) Journal

. . . and Novell has a secretary named Sun, and Sun had a secretary named Novell . . .

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Java for the desktop... (Score:4, Funny)

The main benefit to upgrading... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Wooptie Dooo (Score:5, Funny)

Computers don't "run" Java (Score:4, Funny)

Re:can you imagine a beowulf cluster using this? (Score:2, Funny)

Blinders! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Recommended Server Requirements (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Although it's fun to joke about Java... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Recommended Server Requirements (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Recommended Server Requirements (Score:2, Funny)

Wow (Score:4, Funny)

Re:And Sun shows it's command of English (Score:3, Funny)

Please explain the format (yes, a bit offtopic) (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Computers don't "run" Java (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Nothing Minimum about it... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Although it's fun to joke about Java... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Troll? What? (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Novell vs Sun (Score:3, Funny)

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