New Features in the Solaris 8 2/02 Release

The Solaris 8 2/02 What's New Supplement briefly describes all features released in all Solaris 8 updates.

The following list identifies features that are new in this Solaris 8 2/02 release.

New Installation Features

• Installation from the Solaris 8 DVD

• Solaris Web Start Program Uses sysidcfg File

• Solaris Web Start Program Enhancements

New Features for System Administrators

• Sun RPC Library Extensions

• Using Xsun Server as a Display-Only Device

New Features for Software Developers

• WBEM Process Indication

• Modifications to Alternate Libthread

• Support for the new Chinese GB18030 Locale Encoding

• Java^TM2 SDK, Standard Edition v. 1.2.2_10