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Distribution: Solaris 11.4, Oracle Linux, Mint, Ubuntu/WSL
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Yes starting with Solaris 10.
The login interface let you select which one to run.
If you install alternative window manager from blastwave, they are added to this menu too (e.g. icewm).
Then why I have got only one (CDE),, do I need to do something elas to install JDS,,,could you please advise,,,,and how can I install again from the CD
Distribution: Solaris 11.4, Oracle Linux, Mint, Ubuntu/WSL
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Both environments are installed by default when the O/S is installed on the disk. I cannot explain how you manage not to have JDS ...
Can you confirm you really are missing JDS by looking in the Options/Session menu on the CDE login screen (should be CDE, JDS3, last and failsafe).
Another way would be:
pkginfo | grep JDS3
pkginfo | grep GNOME2
These commands should display all the packages related to JDS.
Distribution: Solaris 11.4, Oracle Linux, Mint, Ubuntu/WSL
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Short answer: no.
CDE look and feel can be somewhat enhanced but to a limit. CDE hasn't improved for many years and is being phased out and obsoleted by the more modern, featured and open standard based Gnome and similar open source window managers / graphic environments.
If you install alternative window manager from blastwave, they are added to this menu too (e.g. icewm).
I found on one of the sparc machine at work (SunBlade 150) Gnome 2.0,,,Does it come by default with sparc software ? or something additional it have to be installed.
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