GeneralThis forum is for non-technical general discussion which can include both Linux and non-Linux topics. Have fun!
Notices
Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community.
You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today!
Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in.
If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here.
Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies.
Get a virtual cloud desktop with the Linux distro that you want in less than five minutes with Shells! With over 10 pre-installed distros to choose from, the worry-free installation life is here! Whether you are a digital nomad or just looking for flexibility, Shells can put your Linux machine on the device that you want to use.
Exclusive for LQ members, get up to 45% off per month. Click here for more info.
Does Linux OS need Silverlight?
In windows, sometimes it will prompt you to update Silverlight.
No.
But if you find yourself wanting to watch something that requires silverlight, there is an opensource project called moonlight that may be good enough at this point to work.
the only time when i heard about Silverlight was some years ago on micro$soft.com as an advert ..
however i've never seen any website on the net using this piece of crap (by default anything that is produced my M$ is crap according to their historical track record) , bill baites and his evil crew have lost their grip on the web anyway.
I mean Silverlight is needed in Windows Internet Explorer for certain video clips,
if u want to view the same video on the same website in Linux, what Addon do u need?
But if you find yourself wanting to watch something that requires silverlight, there is an opensource project called moonlight that may be good enough at this point to work.
the only time when i heard about Silverlight was some years ago on micro$soft.com as an advert ..
however i've never seen any website on the net using this piece of crap
For example, for some unclear reason, the Stanford School of Engineering web site (that contains a lot of free video lectures) uses "this piece of crap" called Silverlight. Sad but true.
Silverlight is still relevant because it is still in use. Microsoft and Apple have it and I believe there is a Silverlight for Android. The question begs, why is there no Silverlight for Linux. Moonlight does not work with programs that require Silverlight, so once again Linux users are forced in some cases to splash out on Microsoft/Apple. I really dislike this situation.
Silverlight is a runtime package for Microsoft's "dot-Net" programming framework.
And, actually it's a pretty darned good idea. Instead of monkeying-around with Javascripts, they wrote a set of native programs to act as a known, operating-system agnostic client.
Microsoft's only problem, and it appears on a number of fronts, is that they senselessly ignore Linux. It's not that they can't produce for Linux: they can. (They also acknowledge OS/X, at least to some degree.)
This corporate blindness has cost them a great deal of money over the years, and I hope that they will one day figure out that "Windows®" is never going to be the entirety of their future, especially in the mobile space (which they IMHO completely missed .. swoosh).
Silverlight is a runtime package for Microsoft's "dot-Net" programming framework.
And, actually it's a pretty darned good idea. Instead of monkeying-around with Javascripts, they wrote a set of native programs to act as a known, operating-system agnostic client.
Microsoft's only problem, and it appears on a number of fronts, is that they senselessly ignore Linux. It's not that they can't produce for Linux: they can. (They also acknowledge OS/X, at least to some degree.)
This corporate blindness has cost them a great deal of money over the years, and I hope that they will one day figure out that "Windows®" is never going to be the entirety of their future, especially in the mobile space (which they IMHO completely missed .. swoosh).
Yes, I agree with what you say. I think that Microsoft's paranoia about sharing technology is one of the main reasons why people distrust and dislike them.
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing
Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute
content, let us know.