Microsoft is releasing three Microsoft-developed Linux drivers to the Linux community for possible inclusion in the Linux source tree. The code will be released under the GNU General Public License v2 (not GPL v3) licensing agreement. Microsoft says this is a demonstration of its commitment to improving the integration of Windows and Linux.
Unlike with Windows, Linux drivers are considered part of the operating-system kernel. The Linux Foundation states “the Linux model is that IHVs (independent hardware vendors) get the source code for their driver accepted into the mainline kernel.” This is necessary to ensure that Linux runs properly on all hardware.
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Moonlight, the open source implementation of Silverlight for Unix systems, has officially reached its 1.0 level. Moonlight 1.0 contains a plugin for Firefox 2 and 3 on Unix systems using the X11 windowing system. Moonlight 1.0 comes with a graphics pipeline, video and audio frameworks, and a JavaScript bridge.
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Moonlight v1.0 is now available. Moonlight is the open source implementation of Silverlight for 32- and 64-bit Unix systems. Moonlight is available as a Firefox plugin that can be installed with a single click.
Moonlight 1.0 (and Silverlight 1.0) both come with a graphics pipeline, video and audio frameworks, and a Javascript bridge. Note that neither one of them contains an actual execution environment. The execution environment is the browser’s own Javascript engine. When developers build 1.0-based plugins, they script all of the functionality using the browser’s own Javascript engine.
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