[desktop-discuss] lightweight graphics options....

[Dave Miner]

Derek E. Lewis wrote:
> Dave Miner wrote:
>> I'm doubtful that we're interested in it for Solaris installation. 
>> We're moving in the direction of providing a full Gnome desktop 
>> instead that lets you try things out before installing or while the 
>> install is happening.  Other distributions might make other choices, I 
>> suppose, but that's what we're looking at for Sun's.
> 
> To hear this really, really concerns me. At a cursory glance it seems 
> Sun is pushing JDS/Gnome as a "universal desktop environment," (please 
> correct me if I'm wrong here, as I really don't want to draw wrong 
> conclusions). Most UNIX/Linux vendors have always made a distinction 
> between a light-weight desktop environment and a workstation/desktop 
> environment, like JDS.
> 

Sigh.  Let me say this again: my comments relate only to the environment 
within which the future Solaris graphical installer will run, and 
really, if we want to delve further into that discussion, may I suggest 
install-discuss at opensolaris.org as the venue since that's where that 
design will be hashed out.  Anyone interested might also take a look at 
our installation strategy that's posted in the Install community to 
understand the full proposal, and try out the Live Media project bits 
because that's the prototype environment.

The remainder of your message seems oriented at the issue of which 
desktop environments Sun may or may not choose to support on Solaris for 
day-to-day operation.  That's a strategy which the Desktop team owns, 
I'm mostly a consumer of their technology.

Dave