Moonlight/Silverlight addition for Linux Firefox?

Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. eoconnor25 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 9 01:48:16 UTC 2012


On 08/05/2012 09:46 PM, David wrote:
> On 8/5/2012 8:14 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
>> On 08/05/2012 07:02 PM, David wrote:
>>> On 8/5/2012 5:02 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
>>>
>>> Silverlight has always been been a Microsoft product. And no I seriously
>>> doubt that Microsoft will use the resources necessary to produce a Linux
>>> version.  :-)
>>>
>>> Moonlight was an attempt to 'make one for Linux'. Silverlight was never
>>> very popular and at the moment I can not think of a site that requires
>>> Silverlight. None that I use anyway. So I would thing that was why the
>>> project stalled.
>>>
>>> You are aware that Adobe has announced that Flash feature updates have
>>> been discontinued for Linux? And that other than security fixes what you
>>> have it what you have?
>>>
>> I am NOW!....Is there a "Made For Linux" version of flash and java
>> stuff?.....wasn't that supposed to be the Moonlight's job?....
>
> The last Linux version of flash is available on the Adobe site. I do not
> know if there is a Fedora package nor on which 'third part site' that
> you might find it, Java for Linux is still available from Oracle.
> However most Linux users here will tell you to use the Java from Fedora.
> Which I do not.
>
> I am not a Linux purest or a zealot. I use what works for me. Which gets
> my butt kicked around from time to time.  :-)
>
>
As long as at the end of the day you're satisfied with your "technology" 
then that's all that matters!....LoL!


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