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View Silverlight Pages on Linux
Moonlight is a Mono-based open source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight that allows Linux users to view Silverlight based web pages in Firefox
Rahul Sah
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Moonlight is an open source implementation of MS Silverlight by Novell, for
Linux users. As it's Mono- based, you must have Mono packages installed on your
system, which the latest distros such as Ubuntu and Fedora come packed with.
Others can use Moonlight as a Firefox plugin that can be downloaded from go-mono.com/
moonlight. By launching the installation dialog box, you can install the
Moonlight plugin on Firefox. However, if Firefox blocks the installation, you
can unblock it by adding this URL to the list of allowed sites.
After a mandatory restart of the Firefox browser, you can start using
Silverlight based apps on your browser. The plugin is right now available only
for Firefox 2 and testing for Firefox 3 is going on. You also have an alpha
release of Moonlight that supports Silverlight 2.0.
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Direct Hit! |
Applies To: Linux users
Price: Free
USP: Rendering Silverlight based pages on
Linux
Primary Link: www.gomono. com/moonlight
Google Keyword: Moonlight |
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Without a Moonlight
plugin installed on your browser, the Silverlight based effects can't be
seen on Microsoft's
homepage. But it prompts you to install Silverlight. |
From the Moonlight
website you can choose the version and architecture support, and then by
clicking on 'install' the
installation process is initiated. |
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installed and Firefox has been restarted, the Moonlight plugin shows up as
an Add-On that can be disabled or uninstalled. |
After Silverlight
has been installed, the web page in Step 1 gets converted to a more snazzy
looking page with a lot more
graphically intense effects. |
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