On Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:28:15 +1100, Terry Porter
<linux-2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Sinister Midget wrote:
>
>> On 2009-01-21, Terry Porter <linux-2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>>> Miguel de Icaza wrote:
>>
>>>> I suspect you did not even try to install it, did you?
>>>>
>>>> Moonlight is installed as Firefox plugin and we test this on all sorts
>>>> of Unix systems (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and SUSE) and it works like
>>>> this:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Click on download from www.go-mono.com/download (we auto-detect
>>> Not Found
>>>
>>> The requested URL /download was not found on this server.
>>> Apache/2 Server at www.go-mono.com Port 80
>>
>> You weren't supposed to *try* it!
>
>Always pays to check for validity :)
>
>>
>> But I _did_ find the download link. Despite my using a version of
>> Ubuntu right now, it doesn't know what I have. But I can go to the
>> "unsupported downloads" section, where I'm told how to pollute my
>> sources.list with mono (which also happens to be the nickname for a
>> disease; coincidence?) if they aren't already polluted.
>>
>> Which reminds me. Time to change distros again:
>>
>> http://www.mono-project.com/Other_Downloads
>>
>> Ubuntu
>> Official Packages
>>
>> Mono is available in all Ubuntu releases, and installed by default.
>> To develop software with Mono, install the mono-devel package on
>> Dapper (6.06), Gutsy (7.10) or Jaunty (9.04), by pasting the line
>> below into your browser address bar (or using synaptic):
>>
>> I don't think so. I choose to remain Microslop-free.
>
>Ditto.
>
>>
>>>> your platform, so you do not need to do anything).
>>>> 2. Click "Install" when you are prompted for install or cancel
>>>> 3. Restart the browser.
>>>>
>>>> The experience is *identical* for all the systems.
>>
>>> And not available for Gentoo via the released packages.
>>>
>>> gronk1 mnt # emerge -s moonlight
>>> Searching...
>>> [ Results for search key : moonlight ]
>>> [ Applications found : 0 ]
>>
>> Why would you want it anyway?
>
>I *don't*. I was only checking to see if it was available for Gentoo, but it
>isn't.
>
> If it was, I would have installed it to see if it installed easily as
>claimed, then uninstalled it.
>
>> It's not like there aren't other, safer
>> methods to view content.
>
>Absolutely, besides I don't trust Novel post their Microsoft deal.
Putting a / at the end of the link made it work for me, however
it was extremely confusing at that point so IMHO it's not a
simple download at all.
George Barca
georgebarca1981@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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