tiox
23 June 2016 17:39
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Had you ever thought of using Pipelight? It still involves Wine, but Pipelight was created to give a Linux-native solution to using certain plugins within web browsers, instead of needing to Wine your entire browsing session.
Before going any further, understand that there are two ways of doing this. One requires you install Google Chrome. The other may not keep you current as quickly. Choose what you want to prioritize, then perform either of the steps below. Everything (at least when not using the Freshwrapper PPA) will be explained in-depth below. everything is broken now and you’re forced to do things a little differently.
#Why the update?
Google effectively broke the browser-plugin-freshplayer-pepperflash plug…
This method relies on the use of an independent session of Wine, running concurrently with Firefox when any Silverlight media is used. If you do not wish to use Silverlight in this way, then this method is probably not for you.
#Introduction
A whole whacktonne of websites still use Silverlight. Why, I do not know. But they’re there, and if you’re a Linux user who needs to access Silverlight content, then this guide may help you to access that content.
#Wait, what’s Silverlight?
Silverlight i…
Except , instead of enabling silverlight, enable Shockwave;
sudo pipelight-plugin --unlock shockwave
sudo pipelight-plugin --enable shockwave