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Re: Linux and the Inauguration - Miguel de Icaza

Ben Matthews — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:42:43 -0000

Great Stuff! Really cool to see multi-platform silverlight support becoming a reality. Though I stopped using Linux a year or so ago, as a Silverlight developer and fan I always love seeing more people being able to use my stuff, even if it's begrudgingly (as most Linux users seem to see anything associated with Microsoft as being made of Hitler's piss).

Can't wait to see Moonlight fully support Silverlight 2!

Re: Linux and the Inauguration - Miguel de Icaza

Kevin M — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:29:50 -0000

You must be one of those people who always sees the negative side of things. Me? I'd rather be the guy who sees the positive.

The people who always see the negative side of things lead miserable lives.

Re: Linux and the Inauguration - Miguel de Icaza

BeeCee — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:23:15 -0000

I'd hardly call that a good thing, it just reinforces the notion that Linux is something weird and different that can't run the same software as 'normal' computers.

Re: Linux and the Inauguration - Miguel de Icaza

migueldeicaza — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:37:01 -0000

We reused the XAML UI but had to write the Javascript code to render the player.

In the other thread Aaron posted the urls to the actual source code that you can use.

Re: Linux and the Inauguration - Miguel de Icaza

migueldeicaza — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:35:51 -0000

Agreed, this was a special case as the original UI for the player was built using Silverlight 2, and we have not shipped that support yet.

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Great Stuff — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:15:24 -0000

Really awesome stuff Miguel. Mono is great stuff, but this Moonlight work is going to get in more people's faces.

Re: Linux and the Inauguration - Miguel de Icaza

Sandy — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:27:46 -0000

Maybe you were having stream issues. I had that happen to me a couple of times as the ceremony wore on.

As for your other point, Moonlight just doesn't have Silverlight 2.0 compatibility yet. It is coming. :-)

Re: Linux and the Inauguration - Miguel de Icaza

Sandy — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:23:48 -0000

"Doesn't work" is kind of hard to diagnose. Worked great for lots of people on 11.1, so hopefully with a little more info the Moonlight folks can help you get your install working.

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Tony Agudo — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:15:32 -0000

I read a ZDNet article the other day where you conjectured that the "chrome" for the Silverlight player was 2.0, but the rest of it was pretty much Silverlight 1.0 code. Was the Linux-compatible player pretty much the same thing but with the chrome rewritten for 1.0, or simply minus the chrome?

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CraigOverend — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:10:37 -0000

It didn't work for me Miguel. It would buffer, play for 30 seconds or so, and while still transferring data, the player would freeze and I'd have to reload the page - eventually I gave up.
While the "Linux-compatible Silverlight Player" is good in helping publicize the cross-platform work Novell and others are doing, I'd rather I never saw that and the player worked with the "Default Silverlight Player".

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Kuro — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:11:56 -0000

Sadly don't work in my OpenSuse 11.1.

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Robert Knight — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:00:00 -0000

Cheers Miguel. Thank-you and contacts at Microsoft for your efforts.

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Kevin — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:55:30 -0000

When do we get "Linux-compatible Silverlight Player" for Netflix?