So, I can't imagine i'm the only one out here who has tried this...but perhaps I am.
I know that technically the only supported browser is IE, but Firefox does work fine for most of the console. Actually, In Ubuntu/Linux, you can actually use a plugin called 'Moonlight' that emulates Silverlight to get that functioning as well. The problem i'm running into though is actually with Java. No matter which flavor I try, 1.6, 1.7, IcedTea, Openjre...they all give me the same error message when trying to open up Managing Software or Computers:
No Suitable Plugins Were Found
Unknown Plugin (application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.6)
I know this isn't a supported setup, but if anyone has any insight it would be great to get this to work...
Thanks!