To install Pipelight, perform the following sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pipelight/stable Also, since Google Chrome has ceased NPAPI support, you’ll need to use Firefox if you want to view any content that still relies on Silverlight. Since Moonlight has, no pun intended, went into the dark, Pipelight is the only way to use anything that relies on version 5.x of Silverlight. Until then, there have been two workarounds for Linux users Moonlight by Mono, and Pipelight by FDS-Team. You would think web admins would get the message by now but not everybody has. Despite how awesome Silverlight has been, due to the advent of HTML5 and lack of developer interest Silverlight has been a depreciated standard since 2012, with major development ceased in 2013, and EOL in 2021. Silverlight is a web application framework similar to Flash that allows developers to create multimedia experiences for different websites. But they’re there, and if you’re a Linux user who needs to access Silverlight content, then this guide may help you to access that content. If you do not wish to use Silverlight in this way, then this method is probably not for you.Ī whole whacktonne of websites still use Silverlight. This method relies on the use of an independent session of Wine, running concurrently with Firefox when any Silverlight media is used.
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