Not supported platforms for java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop()

Question

Since Java 6 there is a class java.awt.Desktop. There are some nice methods but the class is not supported on all platforms. The methods java.awt.Desktop.getDes

Answer 1

Quote:

Desktop API was developed to support Windows and Gnome only

from http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6486393

This article however says that even Gnome support is flawed on Fedora.