Default Desktop Environment of OpenSolaris...

Alexvader · 01-09-2010, 03:11 PM

Hi Forum

What is the default DE of OpenSolaris...?

Is it KDE, or Gnome...?

Is there a ports system that allows me to fetch Kde for instance...?

Is the process of building some application similar to Linux ( ./conf make make install ), or is it managed otherwise via a package manager, like synaptic, or portage...?

Are Linux applications ( binary ) supported, or must my apps be recompiled from source...?

BRGDS

Alex

jlliagre · 01-10-2010, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Alexvader

What is the default DE of OpenSolaris...?

Gnome.
Have a look at http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/...op/communities for desktop environment communities.

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Is there a ports system that allows me to fetch Kde for instance...?

Have a look at http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/KDE...is/OpenSolaris for KDE on OpenSolaris.
As explained in the previous link, building from source can be done using CBE.

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Is the process of building some application similar to Linux ( ./conf make make install ), or is it managed otherwise via a package manager, like synaptic, or portage...?

Both work, better to use IPS packages.

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Are Linux applications ( binary ) supported, or must my apps be recompiled from source...?

Many are supported indirectly when running in a Linux branded zone.