[opensuse] Silverlight / moonlight / pipelight
My company has an internal web site that requites sliverlight in the browser. I have not used this site in a while. But I need to now. When it offered to install something for Linux, it sent me to http://www.go-mono.com/moonlight/redirector.html?=4.0.50401.0, and that failed (URL was not in the server). I looked around for openSUSE and saw references to pipelight. But I do not see any packages anymore (except in a user's project - and those are either broken or disabled). I see that there are mono packages. But it is unclear which packages are needed to get silverlight functionality. The mono site suggests installing mono-devel, but there is no such package in OBS. Is there any support for silverlight on Linux anymore? Specifically Leap 42.3. And Mozilla (but that's flexible). -- Roger Oberholtzer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Roger Oberholtzer composed on 2018-04-16 09:49 (UTC+0200):
My company has an internal web site that requites sliverlight in the browser. I have not used this site in a while. But I need to now. When it offered to install something for Linux, it sent me to http://www.go-mono.com/moonlight/redirector.html?=4.0.50401.0, and that failed (URL was not in the server).
I looked around for openSUSE and saw references to pipelight. But I do not see any packages anymore (except in a user's project - and those are either broken or disabled). I see that there are mono packages. But it is unclear which packages are needed to get silverlight functionality. The mono site suggests installing mono-devel, but there is no such package in OBS.
Is there any support for silverlight on Linux anymore? Specifically Leap 42.3. And Mozilla (but that's flexible).
That internal site really needs to be updated. Silverlight is a deprecated plugin attack vector just like Flash. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/02/microsoft_silverlight/ Microsoft: Stop using Microsoft Silverlight. (Everyone else has) That was nearly 3 years ago, and also says: "Microsoft said it will continue to support Silverlight for out-of-browser applications for the dozen or so of you who are using it for that purpose, and Silverlight will still be supported in Internet Explorer 11 if you absolutely must use it on the web." Until that site can be updated, what you probably need is a VM running Windows and IE11 or an "out-of-browser application". -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:09 AM, Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/02/microsoft_silverlight/ Microsoft: Stop using Microsoft Silverlight. (Everyone else has)
I know. But this site is the internal site for employees to connect with each other. Find those with similar work and work related interests. I don't really have a choice about how it was implemented. Of course, when the company is not sure about users of Linux while they have major browser things in Silverlight, one can only chuckle. -- Roger Oberholtzer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday, 2018-04-16 at 10:39 +0200, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:09 AM, Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/02/microsoft_silverlight/ Microsoft: Stop using Microsoft Silverlight. (Everyone else has)
I know. But this site is the internal site for employees to connect with each other. Find those with similar work and work related interests. I don't really have a choice about how it was implemented. Of course, when the company is not sure about users of Linux while they have major browser things in Silverlight, one can only chuckle.
Would it work with Chrome? I don't know, just wondering. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 42.3 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlrUmIoACgkQtTMYHG2NR9VWZwCZASnDAoDdZlzz1N4NcWqsgteK /8kAn2KUlqXKko8/DrQSkpaZ3kjv7Uri =qmWF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 2:35 PM, Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
Would it work with Chrome? I don't know, just wondering.
Chrome acts the same as Mozilla. Off to a page that no longer exists. I see than MS's Silverlight download page no longer lists Linux. Only Windows and Mac OS. I think it used to have a Linux link to Mono. -- Roger Oberholtzer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Op maandag 16 april 2018 09:49:49 CEST schreef Roger Oberholtzer:
My company has an internal web site that requites sliverlight in the browser. I have not used this site in a while. But I need to now. When it offered to install something for Linux, it sent me to http://www.go-mono.com/moonlight/redirector.html?=4.0.50401.0, and that failed (URL was not in the server).
I looked around for openSUSE and saw references to pipelight. But I do not see any packages anymore (except in a user's project - and those are either broken or disabled). I see that there are mono packages. But it is unclear which packages are needed to get silverlight functionality. The mono site suggests installing mono-devel, but there is no such package in OBS.
Is there any support for silverlight on Linux anymore? Specifically Leap 42.3. And Mozilla (but that's flexible). Even if you manage to get Pipelight/Silverlight installed, it will not work with Chrome, Chromium, Firefox . AFAIK both Pipelight and Silverlight are dead.
-- Gertjan Lettink a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Board Member openSUSE Forums Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 3:16 PM, Knurpht @ openSUSE <knurpht@opensuse.org> wrote:
Even if you manage to get Pipelight/Silverlight installed, it will not work with Chrome, Chromium, Firefox . AFAIK both Pipelight and Silverlight are dead.
Seems so. So I will have to use IE on a Windows computer for this. I hope this site is being changed to something better... -- Roger Oberholtzer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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