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GNOME 2.0 Desktop for the Solaris Operating Environment Release Notes

Desktop Features

The GNOME 2.0 desktop for the Solaris Operating Environment is the first release supported by Sun Microsystems of this easy-to-use, advanced user environment. The GNOME 2.0 desktop embodies a familiar desktop metaphor that enables you to interact efficiently with the applications and documents you use every day.

The most important software components of the GNOME 2.0 desktop are as follows:

Component 

Description 

Nautilus

An advanced file manager. 

Panels 

A panel is a bar that contains application launchers, system menus, panel drawers, and small applications called applets. 

Applets 

  • CD Player

  • Character Palette

  • Clock

  • Command Line

  • Inbox Monitor

  • Keyboard Layout Switcher

  • Volume Control

  • Window List

  • Workspace Switcher

Utilities 

  • Calculator

  • Character Map

  • Image Viewer

  • Media Player

  • Performance Meter

  • PostScript/PDF Viewer

  • Print Manager

  • Terminal

  • Text Editor

  • Sound Recorder

The GNOME 2.0 desktop contains comprehensive Help about working with the user interface and applications. The download package also contains extensive documentation, see the following section.