Silverlight on Linux - linux

did anyone try to view a Silverlight site on a Linux machine? afaik, there is something called mono on Linux which is a try to port .NET on Linux machines, but did one really try to use it? did it work?

Moonlight is the mono implementation of SilverLight. http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight
In an interview, they said Microsoft gave them the same test suite they use on Silverlight, so the implementation is pretty good I would suppose for being a version behind http://www.hanselminutes.com/default.aspx?showID=157

Currently Moonlight, the implementation of Silverlight on Linux, is in Beta. According to their roadmap, the final version of Moonlight 1.0 should be out on January 20, 2009. As stated by MrChrister, they're a "release behind", because we already have Silverlight 2. However, according to the same roadmap, they plan to catch up sometime next year. Until then, I don't think Silverlight on Linux is an option to consider.

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Can WPF applications be run in Linux or Mac with .Net Core 3?

Microsoft announced .NET Core 3 comes with WPF and Windows Forms. So can I create a desktop application for Linux or Mac using .NET Core 3?
No, they have clearly stated that these are windows only. In one of the .NET Core 3.0 discussions, they have also clarified that they do not intend to make these features cross-platform in the future since the whole concept is derived from windows specific features. They talked about thinking of a whole new idea for cross-platform applications, which is not easy.
Source: https://youtu.be/HNLZQeu05BY
Update
The newly announced .NET 5 now aims in avoiding all this confusion by no longer calling it ".NET Core".
Update 2
With blazor client-side (releases on may, 2020), there is a new experimental project for cross-platform apps using webview that is in the works.
Source:
https://blog.stevensanderson.com/2019/11/01/exploring-lighter-alternatives-to-electron-for-hosting-a-blazor-desktop-app/
No with WPF or Winforms. But you still can develop desktop apps on Linux, with .NET Core, using other libs like GtkSharp or Avalonia
Well, the name itself says Windows Presentation Foundation. So it's primarily windows based.
But it is worth to be noted that the new UI framework, .NET MAUI that will be shipped with .NET 6 is cross-platform, with a single-codebase, single-project structure.
Currently in Preview at the time of writing, to be shipped in November 2021. Here's the roadmap.
Although it is not native dotnet core on linux, but it may be helpful - using wine.
I find a very useful comment in the discussion here, more details here
In other words, it is possible to use windows version of dotnet core under wine.
I didn't try it yet, but from the article I mentioned I can say it looks nice and might be an option.

How to run HelloWeb from asp.net vnext on a Mac?

I watched the stream from TechEd 2014 for the Future of Asp .Net and I saw that they could run vnext projects in MAC. In the Github project doesn't say anything about this feature.
So My questions is how does someone goes about publishing and running the HelloWeb or HelloMVC samples on a MAC.
I noticed that Hanselman and David fowler were using a custom copy of Nowin names Nowin.K is this library going to be release as an example anywhere?
UPDATE
Currently what was shown on teched was a internal build put together show case the direction of the product. The team at microsoft together with the community are working hard to get the asp.net vnext working on linux and osx.
If you want to find out the current status check out on Issue 173 on github.com/aspnet/kruntime.
Once the support in integrated I will update this post and add answer explain how to go about it.
Regards
Updated answer Jan 21 '15
There is now updated support for ASP.NET 5 on OS X and *nix. The best information is on the ASP.NET Home Repo on GitHub that has a "Getting Started" section.
For OS X the Homebrew repo is here: https://github.com/aspnet/homebrew-k
For *nix the Docker repo is here: https://github.com/aspnet/aspnet-docker
Original answer from May 24 '14
It seems that you've found the discussion on the ASP.NET vNext "KRuntime" repo. Unfortunately the team is still in the midst of getting ASP.NET vNext working on Mac / Linux. What was shown at Tech Ed was live running code but using a lot of custom builds (e.g. Mono, as well as ASP.NET vNext). The team has been coordinating work with Miguel de Icaza to ensure that Mono has the required components for ASP.NET vNext. A lot of progress has been made, and it's getting very close, but it's not quite there.
As of the year 2015, the the post below is outdated.
A post has come out: ASP.NET vNext on OSX and Linux I will give it a shot, see if I can run HelloMvc on Ubuntu 14.04
I think what you might be looking for is Mono. Described as:
Cross platform, open source .NET framework
Mono is an open source implementation of Microsoft's .NET Framework based on the ECMA standards for C# and the Common Language Runtime. A growing family of solutions and an active and enthusiastic contributing community is helping position Mono to become the leading choice for development of cross platform applications.

How can I use dockpanel in Linux/Mono with all its features?

I would like to use dockpanel suite in Linux or Mono platform. I heard that there is some methods to modify the source code of dockpanel so that it can be used in Linux platform with all its features like drag and drop and all.Can anyone guide me to achieve that?
Due to its close bindings to Win32 API/PInvoke, currently it is impossible to use full features on Mono. You probably misinterpreted others' words.
Edited: DockPanel Suite 2.6 and above contains Mono support that I developed, http://dockpanelsuite.com
Yes and No.. You can write a silverlight 4.0 program and run it in a browser window on linux you can use silverlight controls.
If you are feeling really brave you can use MoonLight (silverlight by mono) to write full desktop apps on linux. One helpful set of tools (shameless plug) for doing this is MoonBase
But.. Generally, No, if you mean the WPF DockPanel control, you can't use that on top of Mono.
I know you've used WPF tag, but what you heard indicates rather winforms. In such case you may be interested in this. If you really had WPF in mind, look at the IanNorton's answer.

How to run C# 4.0 app on Linux OS using mono?

I want to run my c# application with OS Linux using Mono. I am new to this cross platform migration? Please tell the procedure for doing that?
Thanks & Regards.
It very much depends on what type of application it is. For a console or WinForms app, it may be simple. Mono doesn't support WPF.
Well, the first think you'll need to do is install Mono of course. Then you probably want to run MoMA to determine your application's compatibility. There's a whole separate page about porting WinForms apps.
If all is well, you should just be able to run your application using:
mono MyApplication.exe
after copying the binaries over.
If your application is actually a web service or web application, you'll want to think about the various hosting options.
I suspect you'll want to read a lot of the pages on the Mono Start Page.
Check if your application is 100% compatible with Mono Framework using MoMA.
Remove or replace those unimplemented parts with Mono's implementation or third party libraries that works with Mono. Or if you think it should work fine, just execute it with Mono Framework 2.8 or higher. Better go with 2.10 which is default's profile is on 4.0.
There is an IDE, MonoDevelop that supports Web and Desktop applications. Open the project files (monodevelop supports visual studio project files) from monodevelop, compile and run.
you can browse mono website here, where you can find which features are supported and which are not supported and why.

Java Micro Edition (JME) SDK for Mac OS X or Linux

The question is clear from the title.
Is there an SDK for the Java Micro Edition available for Mac OS X or Linux? Or does one need Windows XP to develop JME applications?
No, with a 'but'
There is no WTK (Wireless Toolkit) from the main vendors available for Mac (NetBeans Wiki reference) so basically you can't debug nor test the code. But, you can use an emulator from a third co: MPowerPlayer
If you are using netbeans in any other OS but windows, you still can download and add the J2ME packages using the tools/plugins menu.
Then you can add the MPowerPlayer to the IDE as a J2ME platform. Netbeans (and i guess any other IDE with J2ME WTK support) will recognize it as a valid WTK,
I've posted an specific entry about this in my blog, but it's in spanish, although maybe you can follow the images. Give it a try, and don't hesitate to ask anything:
J2ME in Mac Os with NetBeans
Offically Sun's WTK is available only on Linux and Windows, however both SDKs can be used on Mac to compile J2ME applications.
Unfortunately the emulator and the preverifier will not work (since they are not Java based) so you will not be able to test your application.
To solve this problem you can use MicroEmulator or MPowerPlayer for both emulation and preverification (you can also use PhoneME for preverification).
This is a good guide to setup you development environment using Eclipse and this one is good for Netbeans.
But, if I can give an advice (I'm working since two years on J2ME development and I'm a Mac user), it is better if you develop on Windows or Linux through a virtual machine, because the two emulators do not have a very good compliance to the JSR's standard and do not include all of them.
Moreover on OSX it will be very difficult for you to test features like Bluetooth or LocationAPIs.
Netbeans has a JME SDK
May be this is helpful, I've found a Java ME Developer Studio for Mac OS X, developed by Motorola, I haven't tested yet, it's only and EA Release, I'll try this one, and I'll let u know in a subsequent post,
http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/motodevstudio/javame/downloads/
Cheers
Oddly enough ... I just set this up 5 minutes ago on Linux.
You will need:
http://linux.com/archive/feature/122050
http://java.sun.com/products/sjwtoolkit/download.html <-- WTK
The WTK installer will ask where your JDK is. Do
find . -name "jar" -type f
and then where you have
/usr/lib/jvm/foo/bar/bin/jar
Knock of the 'jar' and give that path to the installer. This will install ktoolbar which includes a phone emulator.
The download netbeans and install the mobile addons
This is not pure J2ME, but includes most of the API
I am using it to develop an application for my SE-C902
Yes, the official SDK for OSX can be downloaded here: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javame/downloads/sdk30-mac-jsp-137878.html. Microemulator, http://www.microemu.org, also works well, and I've heard people use MPowerPlayer with success.

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