General sun, sunos and sparc related questions also go here. Analysis of the oracle solaris configuration, including networking, storage, and oracle solaris operating system features in use. The java desktop system is not included in solaris 11 which instead ships with a stock version of gnome. Vnc will not do the job since it will not handle nat. But sometimes the latest will leave you with some head scratching.
The java desktop system is not a secure but very good total enterprise desktop software system. Life with sun solaris on the desktop, from the angles of an entrepreneur, musician, programmer, architect, hacker, manager and end user. Please note that this requires a reboot of the system. Aug 28, 2018 solaris os is a unix operating system initially developed by sun microsystems, and now maintained by oracle corporation under the name of oracle solaris. My solaris box is behind a dsl router and my coworkers windows box is outside my network. The cde is the gui in solaris 26 through solaris 9. Users can download the solaris software at no charge for eight or fewer cpus at suns web site. Reverse dependencies 0 reverse dependencies are solaris packages that depends on screen. Suns java desktop system 2 is no improvement 20040522.
The programs were ported to all versions of solaris from 2. Solaris 8 solaris is the unixbased operating system of sun microsystems with roots in the bsd operating system family. The download page and detailed instructions are here. Oracle solaris is the trusted business platform that you depend on. Kernel zones are not supported by oracle vm virtualbox. Sun java desktop system for solaris screen shots sun solaris 10 is the latest release of sun microsystems operating system software package. Future releases of java desktop system are planned to support workstations and sun ray thin clients running the solaris operating system. Solaris does a better job than any other os i know of keeping backwards compatibility but being progressive at the same time. Fedora mandriva rpm nagappan alagappan nagappan at gmail dot com. Oracle solaris 11 express 2010 direct link download. Free mcse selfpaced training kit exam planning and maintaining a microsoft. Solaris remote desktop from windows oracle community. Solaris is a unix based operating system created by sun microsystems now purchased by oracle in 2010. This os was typically used on sparc based processors, up.
This os was typically used on sparc based processors, up until. I want to install solaris 10 in my desktop computer. Also included is the firefox web browser, thunderbird email client, and the lightning calendar manager from the mozilla foundation. The solaris 11 does not come bundled with the desktop gui package by default, so you will have to install the desktop gui package from the ips repository. In 2010, after the sun acquisition by oracle, it was renamed oracle solaris solaris is known for its scalability, especially on sparc systems, and for originating many innovative features such as dtrace, zfs and time slider.
See creating package repositories in oracle solaris 11. Solaris 8 x86 is once again available for download and media kits will. Only sustaining level support is currently available for sun ray software and oracle virtual desktop infrastructure. Sun solaris software free download sun solaris top 4 download offers free software downloads for windows, mac, ios and android computers and mobile devices. Get started download packages packages see full software list. If you are using unsupported in the strictest tense of the word than i would still use opensolaris as your desktop environment and install your application in a solaris 10 zone, both problems solved. August 2002 we did it sun keeping solaris x86 after announcing in january 2002 that they would no longer support the intel version of solaris, sun reversed their decision. It is the successor to sunos and was released initially in june of 1992.
Sun solaris studio 12 update 3 is freely available to download. Gnome, which stands for gnu object model environment, has its genesis in the late 90s, when the project was conceived to create a desktop environment for linuxbased. This vm template is for use in oracle vm virtualbox, a crossplatform tool that runs on windows, linux, mac os x, and oracle solaris. Java desktop system is available for solaris and was once available for linux. I have a local ips repository created in my lab environment. Hello, i am trying to install solaris desktop in solaris pkg install solarisdesktop it say insufficient access to complete the required operation privileged user what does this mean. Oracle solaris 11 gives you consistent compatibility, is simple to use, and is designed to always be secure.
Building on oracle solaris 11 expressopensolaris is covered on the opensolarisspecific page. Sun has made the gnome 2 desktop for solaris available for download as it prepares to displace the venerable common desktop environment as its default graphical interface. Weve been designing the os for for more than two decades, always ensuring that weve engineered in features to meet the latest. However this the sourceonly release contains the major new features such as gnome 2. It is mostly pushed by oracle as a simple reverse proxy for weblogic. However, if all you want is run specific applications then i wonder if sun s remote desktop one of the latest addition to the solaris enterprise system could be filling up some gaps for you. After announcing in january 2002 that they would no longer support the intel version of solaris, sun reversed their decision. This page is concerned with instructions on how to build it all. Solaris has a few limitations in which some hardware isnt going to have the same level of support as others are. Solaris 10 includes sun s java desktop system jds, which is based on gnome and comes with a large set of applications, including staroffice, sun s office suite. Early versions, based on bsd unix, were called sunos. Solaris is a server and workstation os designed to run on hardware produced by sun. Java desktop system, briefly known as opensolaris desktop, is a legacy desktop environment developed first by sun microsystems and then by oracle corporation after the 2010 oracle acquisition of sun. Oracle solaris 11 desktop features transitioning from.
How to install desktop gui in solaris 11 x86 the geek. Hi, i can not download iso file as it failed after downloading 1. Solaris opensolaris this forum is for the discussion of solaris, opensolaris, openindiana, and illumos. Solaris 8 x86 is once again available for download and media kits will continue to be sold. Solaris remote desktop from windows 807557 mar 17, 2006 5. The additions to the solaris operating system came on the same day as ibms unveiling of the new. May 27, 2018 in the video, i cheated and got the vbox machine of solaris 11. Remote desktop from solaris to windows marco milo i needed to reach a windows machine from my solaris 10 box via the remote desktop protocol, so i started downloaded the latest version 1. This page is your source to download or update your existing java runtime environment jre, java runtime, also known as the java plugin plugin, java virtual machine jvm, vm, and java vm. If you use this installation method, you will need to install the solaris desktop package afterwards. It is now almost impossible to download, as it is hidden in the fusion middleware cluster on oracles cloud delivery. It is the best alternative to microsoft windows xp and now sun made it free and available on opensolaris.
Windows binary nagappan alagappan nagappan at gmail dot com. Download to the remote computer you want to control. In the video, i cheated and got the vbox machine of solaris 11. Step by step installation of solaris 10 on vmware server blog.
Solaris os is a unix operating system initially developed by sun microsystems, and now maintained by oracle corporation under the name of oracle solaris. Users can download the solaris software at no charge for eight or fewer cpus at sun s web site. I am trying to build a sun ultra 10 with solaris 10. Using warez version, crack, warez passwords, patches, serial numbers, registration codes, key generator, pirate key, keymaker or keygen for sun solaris license key is illegal. Installing the oracle solaris desktop software package. Solaris desktop life with sun solaris on the desktop, from the angles of an entrepreneur, musician, programmer, architect, hacker, manager and end user. The additions to the solaris operating system came on. Solaris is a nonfree unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. Earlier versions were retroactively named solaris 1. All media was wiped before i recieved them, so i am starting from stratch.
Sun solaris software free download sun solaris top 4. And would anyone give me a link for bookdocument on sun certified system admin guide part1solaris 10. Sun solaris software free download sun solaris top 4 download. This computer is one of a collection that was donated to the nonprofic.
Solaris primarily enjoys success as a server operating system for very highend sun server equipment running large scale. This os was typically used on sparc based processors, up until 1994 when it began to. The server and software company begins offering solaris 10 as a free download for those who register. Remote desktop from solaris to windows oracle out of. While sun has said in the past it hoped to have gnome 2. The oracle solaris 11 text installer does not include the primary software package that includes the gnome 2. Thanks to everyone who electronically signed the open letter to sun at. Migration to an oracle solaris zone on an oracle solaris 11 host. Solaris opensolaris this forum is for the discussion of solaris, opensolaris, openindiana.
For detailed instructions, see downloading a sun ray software release update. The sun java desktop system is available free for opensolaris. Solaris is a computer operating system, the proprietary unix variant developed by sun microsystems. It is available for download as installable and live iso images that can be burned onto blank cd discs using any cddvd burning software, as well as usb images that allows users to write the. This computer is one of a collection that was donated to the nonprofic company i work for. Nov 22, 2005 the java desktop system is not a secure but very good total enterprise desktop software system. Recent related news and releases releases announcements with download links and checksums. How to install desktop gui in solaris 11 x86 the geek diary. Solaris 10 also sees the official release of jds 3. Sun describes jds as a major component of solaris 10. Outside of this, solaris, like the bsds has about the same software packages, so in essence, it can be used as a desktop workstation os. Music used in this video pamgaea kevin macleod licensed under creative commons.
Remote desktop from solaris to windows oracle out of memory. I have a coworker that needs to get to my solaris box from a windows system. The os is based off of system v unix and its first release was known internally as sunos 5. It is available for download as installable and live iso images that can be burned onto blank cd discs using any cddvd burning software, as well. Sun solaris dave lin dave dot lin at sun dot com and tim miao tim dot miao at sun dot com. If you want to install vnc viewer on desktop platforms, download vnc 5. The shift to a system v code base in sunos 5 was marked by changing the name to solaris 2.
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