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Streaming March Madness On Linux?

Posted by timothy on from the when-you-can-snatch-this-pebble-from-my-hand dept.

neersign writes "March Madness is here and NCAA.com is streaming all of the games over the internet for free. The downside is they are using Microsoft technologies to do so. The standard player lists Windows XP/Vista, IE6, and WMP 9 as the base requirements. The High Quality Video Player requires Silverlight 2. So my question is: how would a Linux user be able to work around these requirements and watch the games?"

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  1. Re:VirtualBox by westyvw · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I hate that idea. I really do. I don't want to support it, not even in a backdoor method. I want web standards, not another flash player, and particularly nothing from Microsoft. That said, a VM with Windows is better then installing it on a drive anyways. There is no slow down, and once the computer is set up the way you want it, take a snapshot. No need for antivirus or spyware tools.