Via the first open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight, users will be able to access Silverlight content from a range of Linux distributions.
According to Novell, Moonlight 1.0 is designed to integrate seamlessly with OpenSuSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise, Fedora, Red Hat, and Ubuntu distros of Linux, namely Unix systems using the X11 windowing system. On the platforms mentioned above, users will be able to take advantage of Moonlight 1.0 plugin via Firefox 2 and Firefox 3 browsers. “Moonlight brings the benefits of Silverlight's popular multimedia content to Linux viewers,” said Miguel de Icaza, Mono project founder and Developer Platform vice president at Novell. “This first release delivers on the goal of breaking down barriers to multimedia content and creating parity in the user's viewing experience regardless of whether the user is on Windows or Linux.” Moonlight 1.0 for Linux is available for download here.In my previous First Look, I expressed my slight disappointment with the KDE version of Linux Mint and concluded that I would rather stick with its main, GNOME desktop environment edition. That was version 6, also known as Felicia, a great release from the wonderful Linux Mint Team. I was delighted today when I saw the latest entry on their official website announcing the immediate availability of Linux Mint 7 "Gloria" Release Candidate 1. So, without further ado, here are our test machine hardware specifications: Though I usually write First Looks only for final versions, seeing Mint's new features I couldn't help it this time. With that out of the way, let me tell you that Gloria comes on a regular-sized CD ISO, covering almost 690 MBs on your disc. #INSTALL SILVERLIGHT ON LINUX MINT DOWNLOAD#Īfter the quick download & burn process, I was ready to see if Linux Mint 7 could make me consider using it as my main system.
#INSTALL SILVERLIGHT ON LINUX MINT INSTALL#īeing based on the fresh Ubuntu 9.04, the Live environment was quick to appear on my screen from where I immediately went for the permanent install option. #INSTALL SILVERLIGHT ON LINUX MINT DOWNLOAD#.#INSTALL SILVERLIGHT ON LINUX MINT INSTALL#.
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