GNOME and Enterprise User

The first section of this paper will cover the development of a GNOME desktop for enterprise users. It explores the development process as well as decisions and compromises made during this process. While it may be interesting to put together a desktop like the Sun Java Desktop System (JDS), the litmus test for the success of such an endeavor is what happens when it is deployed to real users. Therefore, in the second section we share our initial experiences in the deployment of this desktop. We will discuss lessons learned from desktop pilots within Sun and to external customers. It presents some of the problems faced by end users and discusses possible solutions.

Therefore there are two set of slides used in this presentation:

(1) Development of JDS - behind the scene view (essentially how the components on the desktop were chosen) http://www.gnome.org/~calum/guadec5/Gnome-Enterprise-User-JDS-Slides-1.pdf

(2) Deployment GNOME on Enterprise - some interesting experiences http://www.gnome.org/~calum/guadec5/Gnome-Enterprise-User-JDS-Slides-2.pdf

The actual paper: http://www.gnome.org/~calum/guadec5/Gnome-Enterprise-User-JDS-Paper.pdf