The OpenSolaris desktop community released an opensource version of the Java Desktop System. "The Java Desktop System is a secure and comprehensive enterprise desktop software solution that combines the best of open source innovation. Java Desktop System is a major component of the Solaris 10 Operating System, x86 and SPARC architecure editions, and an earlier release is also available with a Linux OS."
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Member since:Its an rpm that's very simple to install on any rpm based system so even a moron like you should be able to install on JDS or has sun maimed it so much you can't install a non JDS rpm ?
Sorry I hadn't noticed you were running the version for OpenSolaris. So I guess you will have to use the Helix build and rip off the codecs from elsehere. I personnally don't use Realplayer 10 that much as I get better results from gxine using the codecs from realplayer.
By the way JDS 2 for Linux may bundle Realplayer 10 - does anyone know if this is the case
Member since:It appears that you my friend are confused, I think you are referring to the Linux Distro JDS not the JDS consolidation within Solaris which this article refers to, so I guess this would be a good time for you to RTFA.
Maybe Realplayer was a package on JDS Linux but I wouldn't know this as I haven't used it and have no intention of doing so. I have however used JDS on top of Solaris 10 & Nevada and as I stated earlier there is no realplayer available at all for Solaris x86, there is however some ancient version for Solaris on Sparc
Member since:It appears that you my friend are confused, I think you are referring to the Linux Distro JDS not the JDS consolidation within Solaris which this article refers to, so I guess this would be a good time for you to RTFA.
It still doesn't alter the fact that Realplayer was bundled with the original JDS when it was launched and that Sun made a big fuss about how important it was.
It appears that he answer to the question
What's the difference between it and a stock GNOME?
is not:
Not a lot - Just an ugly default theme. Bundled with Java and a few Java apps plus realplayer.
but:
Not a lot - Just an ugly default theme. Bundled with Java and a few Java apps
In other words even less 
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realplayer??...this just shows you are talking out of your arse.
When JDS 1 was first released Sun made a big thing about bundling Realplayer. I have no idea if they still do that is up to the strange and mysterious workings of Sun. Here is a blog that mentions it:
http://akaimbatman.blogspot.com/2004_05_01_akaimbatman_archive.html
It was Realplayer 8 presumably it had the Real 9 codecs included but I am not sure as there were some problems with it:
http://supportforum.sun.com/sjds/index.php?t=msg&goto=7725&rid=0
So I guess that historically establishes JDS 1 had Realplayer 8 bundled.
they are in the process of bringing Helix (which I may need to explain to you is the realplayer for linux)
Helix is the open source version of Realplayer it does not come with the proprietary Real codecs if you want it together with the codecs you need to download Realplayer 10 for Linux. Its an rpm that's very simple to install on any rpm based system so even a moron like you should be able to install on JDS or has sun maimed it so much you can't install a non JDS rpm ?