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To _mobile_ Linux. For normal Linux there is Moonlight.
by jeroen 17y ago
To _mobile_ Linux. For normal Linux there is Moonlight.
- zokier 17y agoI don't see the need to make that distinction here. It should be trivial to port from Moblin to desktop. And I'd assume that Intel's Silverlight would be better than Moonlight, as it should be more lightweight and it is based on offical Microsoft Silverlight, so it should support wider range of Silverlights features. Only reason imho to choose Moonlight over Intels Silverlight would be licensing issues, as I don't think it will be FOSS.
- ZeroGravitas 17y agoI don't get it. Are Intel saying Moonlight sucks? Too big or bloaty? The wrong licence? Too Not-Invented-Here-ish? Why wouldn't it be in the best interests of Microsoft, Intel and Novell to work together on this?
- TomOfTTB 17y agoI think bloat is the issue but not in a negative way. Silverlight is a subset of the .Net Framework in that Microsoft Jettisoned any unnecessary feature to make the package size smaller. While Moonlight is a port of Silverlight it requires Mono to run and Mono is an attempt to port the entire .Net Framework to Linux. So if you want Silverlight on a cell phone and you want it to be as small as possible Mono doesn't fit your goal (which is what I have to assume Intel was thinking).
- wmf 17y agoIn that case couldn't you strip out the parts of Mono that aren't needed by Moonlight?