Re: Silverlight?

On 03/16/2012 02:49 PM, Bill Fitzgerald wrote:
> RE: "I'm sure she will continue to find applications out there that
> require Shockwave, Silverlight, Windows, and who knows what else.  I try
> to find replacements when I say no, but those are never as satisfying
> (to her) as saying yes."
>
>  From this description, and other pieces in the thread, this sounds less
> like a technical issue and more like a personality issue. In other
> words, this "problem" isn't technical in origin, and will continue to
> crop up regardless of whether you install silverlight or not.

It's both.

I took Tom Hoffman's advice and installed it on my linux desktop, and 
tried the app she wanted to run.  All it does is warn that this is 
SilverLight 4, and not all features will work.  Even if it did work on 
my desktop, that is no guarantee that it would work with LTSP.

So I am investigating alternatives.  They abound.

>
> Good luck with this.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill
>
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Jim Kinney <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     Screaming!
>
>     Help the teacher find a better source of downloadable movies.
>
>
>     On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Jomegat <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>         Hi all,
>
>         Our teacher has requested that I install SilverLight on the K12
>         server.  I assume I'd have to use Mono's version instead, but
>         before I even start down that path... should I?
>
>         How does it perform on an LTSP system?  I'm running the EL6
>         version on an x86_64 server.  Flash sometimes weighs down the
>         network, as I have only 100Mbit links between the clients and
>         the switch (but the server uses a gigE link).
>
>         So should I bite the bullet or run away screaming?
>
>         --
>         Jim Thomas            Principal Applications Engineer  Bittware, Inc
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