Moonlight 2, the open-source version of Silverlight created for Linux and Unix-based operating systems, is now available for download as beta, two years after Microsoft and Novell announced their collaboration in providing the Media Pack for users of the Linux system which brings video and audio codecs.
Moonlight 2 beta allows Linux users to access all of the features enabled by Microsoft Silverlight 2, but brings faster performance and enhanced multimedia content.
The Mono Project team specifies that the second version of Moonlight comes with improved functionality, supporting adaptive streaming of audio and video playback, which enables better streaming of this type of content, depending on the connectivity chosen by the user.
The Mono runtime functionality is 300 times faster than the latest Javascript engine and provides increased performance, while allowing developers use rich web applications through various languages like C#, Python, Ruby and Javascript. It’s key features include multi-platform, multi-language, binary compatible, Microsoft Compatible API, open-source, and comprehensive technology coverage.
Moonlight 2 is available for all popular Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, openSUSE, Fedora, SUSE Linux Enterprise and Red Hat.
You can download the equivalent of Microsoft Silverlight 2 for Linux users from www.go-mono.com.
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