>>>>> On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:32:45 +0100, Kern Sibbald said: > > On Tuesday 01 December 2009 17:15:40 Phil Stracchino wrote: > > Kern Sibbald wrote: > > > On Tuesday 01 December 2009 16:31:45 Robert Hartzell wrote: > > >> Kern Sibbald wrote: > > >>> Recently I tried loading OpenSolaris in a VM, and I discovered that > > >>> they somehow have remained frozen in time in 1998 and had not > > >>> significantly improved their user interface -- a big disappointment for > > >>> me. I ended up with a default system that had a Java user interface > > >>> and a /home/kern that was read-only (can you imagine that by default > > >>> your home directory is read-only?). I finally gave up. > > >> > > >> What do you mean by "Java user interface"? Opensolaris is currently > > >> using Gnome Desktop version 2.28.0 > > > > > > That surprised me too. It was a full Java user interface, and all I did > > > was about 6 months ago install an OpenSolaris. It is possible that they > > > gave me the choice between two user interfaces and I made the bad choice. > > > > "Java Desktop" is what Sun is calling their Gnome-based desktop, afaik. > > They do offer two interface choices out of the box: the Gnome "Java > > Desktop", or CDE. Much though I detest Gnome, it's the more usable of > > the two. > > Hmmm. That sounds like what I saw. I vaguely remember trying CDE, but it was > too different, so I chose the Gnome desktop, which like you I don't > particularly like, but I can work with it. However, Gnome running under or > implemented in Java makes it *much* slower and nothing like what I would call > a "normal" Gnome desktop running under X Window.
Did you try switching the theme? The default "Blueprint" theme can be very slow. __Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
