Chapter 1 What's New at a Glance

Removable Media 

Removable Media Manager centralizes access to removable devices in one window. Users can format, query properties, view directory structures, and where applicable, protect and slice media.  

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Window Management 

Graphical Workspace Manager provides a graphical representation of all workspaces, the ability to navigate across different workspaces with the press of a button, and the ability to drag and drop applications across different workspaces. 

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Window List GUI provides a list of all current running GUI applications. This enables the user, with the click of a mouse button, to locate any GUI application, even those in workspaces other than the current workspace. It also provides the ability to perform window actions on a selected group of applications. 

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Energy Star Standards 

X11R6.4 standards have been enhanced with Frame Buffer Power Management (FBPM), an extension to the Display Power Management System (DPMS), This enhancement is added to fulfill the U.S. government's Energy Star program requirements and only works on Energy Star compliant hardware. 

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Early Access 

This release includes an Early Access (EA) directory with EA software. For more information, see the Readme on the Solaris Software CD 2 of 2. 

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