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Transitioning From Oracle Solaris 10 to Oracle Solaris 11 Oracle Solaris 11 Information Library |
1. Transitioning From Oracle Solaris 10 to Oracle Solaris 11 (Overview)
2. Transitioning to an Oracle Solaris 11 Installation Method
7. Managing Network Configuration
8. Managing System Configuration
10. Managing Oracle Solaris Releases in a Virtual Environment
11. User Account Management and User Environment Changes
12. Using Oracle Solaris Desktop Features
Oracle Solaris 11 Desktop Feature Summary
How to Update Custom Hot Key Configurations or Enable Legacy Mappings
Troubleshooting Desktop Transition Issues
Installing the Oracle Solaris Desktop Software Package After an Installation
A. Transitioning From Previous Oracle Solaris 11 Releases to Oracle Solaris 11
The following desktop features have been replaced or removed. Note that some features were introduced later than Oracle Solaris 10:
Common Desktop Environment (CDE) – CDE is replaced by the Oracle Solaris Desktop (GNOME 2.30).
ESounD – Migrate to the GStreamer programs, such as gst-launch.
gnome-keyring-manager – Seahorse replaces this feature.
GNOME On-screen Keyboard (GOK) program – The dasher application can be used as a replacement in some instances.
GNOME System tools (Introduced in an earlier Oracle Solaris 11 release):
network-admin – NWAM replaces this feature.
services-admin – Use the /usr/bin/vp svcs command.
shares-admin – Use the /usr/bin/vp sharemgr command.
time-admin – Use the /usr/bin/vp time command.
users-admin (GNOME Users and Groups tool) – No replacement is currently available. See Tools for Managing User Accounts, Groups, and Roles.
The GNOME System tools are not available in Oracle Solaris 10.
Solaris Management Console – This tool and its equivalent command-line tools are no longer available. See Tools for Managing User Accounts, Groups, and Roles.
Solaris Print Manager – This tool is replaced by CUPS Print Manager in Oracle Solaris 11. See Printer Configuration and Management Changes.
Xsun family of servers on SPARC – The Xorg family of servers is still supported. See Xorg Family of Servers.