Java Desktop System - technical definition

A comprehensive client software environment from Sun for its Solaris operating system. Java Desktop System (JDS), based on the Java 2 platform, includes the GNOME user interface, StarOffice application suite, Evolution e-mail and Mozilla browser. It also includes Sun's NetBeans development tool. Originally running under Linux, support for Linux was dropped after Solaris was made open source. See Solaris, GNOME and StarOffice.