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Sun's Adoption of GNOME: What It Means for Solaris Software Users

Overview This white paper is about the GNOME desktop and its adoption by Sun for use with the Solaris Operating Environment. Sun's adoption of GNOME as the future desktop for the Solaris Operating Environment underscores the company's ongoing commitment to these principles. The GNU Network Object Model Environment (GNOME) offers an integrated desktop environment built on open source software and open standards. It provides powerful features for deploying network-based applications.

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Publisher	Sun Microsystems	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	January 2003	Downloads	53
Format	White Papers
Topics	GUI, Sun Solaris

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