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tom4jesus

I was not sure of the best place to put this thread but it seems to apply to software.

For users of Firefox or IceCat there is a plug-in available that is the Unix version of Microsoft's "Silverlight" called "Moonlight"

Just go to this page with Firefox or IceCat and click the green install button to install the plug-in;

http://www.go-mono.com/moonlight/

I tried it with Seamonkey too, but it did not work.
I have heard it also works with Opera, but I have not tried it.

Tom

MU · Posted: Thu 22 Jan 2009, 10:22 Post subject:

silverlight is written in Mono, a library that mimics Microsofts ".net".
try:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=259146
Mono might rely on several Gnome libraries, I did not try it myself.
Mark

d4p · Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Posts: 380

http://www.mono-project.com/MoonlightRoadmap

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 9382 Location: SwedenEurope

Have any of you using Moonlight to test this new thing?

http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/whatIs/WhatIsWWT.aspx?Page=WebClient

nancy reagan · Joined: 22 Jan 2009 Posts: 435

Moonlight is silverlight in linux and if you do a search you'll find some posts, though I do not understand them.

All the commercial tv stations in the Netherlands stream through Silverlight.

willem1940NLD · Posted: Wed 29 Jun 2011, 21:59 Post subject:

Using puppy 525 and firefox 5.

I had moonlight on different distros and older firefoxes; always rather bad, interrupting, croaking, often crashing/freezing the browser.

Moreover, Dutch media are using different Silverlight versions which I saw no Moonlight solution for so far.

No luck at all with Moonlight in newer firefoxes (3.++, 4, 5).

Found "help" but am not enough a technician to follow up instructions:

http://support.mozilla.com/oc/questions/839794

playdayz · Joined: 25 Apr 2008 Posts: 3704

I researched it and found that it will not play Netflix, so i quit investigating Wink

Let me know if I am wrong please.

DaveS · Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 3669 Location: UK

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 4737 Location: Kentucky

Makoto · Posted: Thu 30 Jun 2011, 03:40 Post subject:

Netflix uses DRMed Silverlight, I believe, and there's probably no or little chance of Moonlight supporting that, unless Microsoft contributes to the project. Sad

willem1940NLD · Posted: Thu 30 Jun 2011, 08:13 Post subject:

http://www.go-mono.com/moonlight/faq.aspx

Bert · Joined: 30 Jun 2006 Posts: 694

I wasn't able to use Moonlight either.

After installing it, the TV station popped up a message saying "your version of Silverlight is outdated" or something like that. I checked and yes I had installed the latest Moonlight .. Rolling Eyes

Hogweed · Joined: 12 Feb 2011 Posts: 85

willem1940NLD · Posted: Fri 29 Jul 2011, 17:29 Post subject:

http://www.metaseek.nl/search/nl/4/omroep

http://www.metaseek.nl/search/nl/1/rtl

Most of the Dutch transmitters if using some Silverlight version, work poorly or not at all in any Moonlight version, also sometimes making browsers crash.

Maybe I'll try again in a year or two.

AF Branden · Joined: 15 Sep 2009 Posts: 175 Location: United States, WA

Please let me know if you get moonlight working in firefox 5.0. I was trying to apply for a job but I can't even access the website because it utilizes silverlight.