The default desktop environment in this release is the Oracle Solaris Desktop, which includes GNOME 2.30 from the GNOME Foundation. Also included is the Firefox web browser, Thunderbird Email client, and the Lightning calendar manager from the Mozilla Foundation.
Other supported desktop features include the following:
Accessibility feature enhancements
Bluefish HTML editor
Compiz OpenGL based window manager
D-Bus IPC Framework
Evince PDF viewer
GIMP image editing program
GNOME Python bindings
Gobby text editing collaboration tool
Multimedia support enhancements
Planner and openproj project management tools
Trusted Extensions integration
xchat IRC client
Xserver features that augment the desktop, such as virtual terminal (VT) switching