Gnome Desktop

[Alan Coopersmith]

Christopher Intemann <inte@goe.net> writes in comp.unix.solaris:
|I have a "explore gnome desktop" cd which came with the sparc
|version of solaris 8.
|Now, on sun.com/gnome I saw the gnome2.0 dektop available for solaris.
|Will this be more recommend, and more stable?

Yes. The "explore gnome desktop" is GNOME 1.4 and is unsupported
and will not be updated/patched for any bug fixes.

GNOME 2.0 went through a long beta cycle, got many bug fixes and
design reviews, and is supported, so patches are being issued to
fix bugs as people

|During 1.4 installation, some kernel parameters were changed.
|Does this affekt the system stability?

It shouldn't. Those just increased some maximum limits.

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[Greg Menke]

Christopher Intemann <inte@goe.net> writes:

> Hi,
> I consider installing a gnome desktop on solaris 8.
> I have a "explore gnome desktop" cd which came with the sparc
> version of solaris 8.
> To get and impression I installed it on an intel solaris 8.
> (there were both version on the cd)
> So far, it looks quite good, except for that the software release
> is from 11/01 and not all tools work stable.
> Now, on sun.com/gnome I saw the gnome2.0 dektop available for solaris.
> Will this be more recommend, and more stable?
> During 1.4 installation, some kernel parameters were changed.
> Does this affekt the system stability?
> Allover, could I use the gnome desktop with the same reliability
> like cde?

I've switched half the Sun machines I maintain to Gnome 2- it is
pretty big, but so far it seems quite stable and a wonderful
alternative to CDE. I've not had any operational problems with it on
Solaris 9.

Gregm