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Running Netflix On Linux

Posted by Soulskill on from the jumping-through-hoops dept.

ndogg writes "Netflix now works on Linux... sort of. The folks at iheartubuntu have figured out a way to get Netflix to run on the Windows version of Firefox using Wine (with a number of custom patches) and Silverlight. They plan on releasing packages for it all soon. Currently, it seems they have only had success with 32-bit, while compiling for 64-bit is tricky."

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  1. Redundant by MightyYar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Using
    Silverlight to play
    Entertainment from
    Netflix?
    Exciting!
    Tell me more!

    --
    W..w..W - Willy Waterloo washes Warren Wiggins who is washing Waldo Woo.
  2. Re:Not good enough, dammit, not good enough! by KingMotley · · Score: 4, Funny

    After this post, you can clearly see that netflix's stock dropped by $0.00000001 per share. GO spidercoz!

  3. Re:Not good enough, dammit, not good enough! by interkin3tic · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm with you in spirit. I can run netflix on easily:
    -android
    -iphone
    -ipad
    -Xbox 360 if I paid the additional fees
    -Wii
    -Macbook
    -Windows laptop
    -WDTV device that crashes constantly

    Things I cannot run netflix on easily:
    -The ubuntu laptop that I have no use for except as a HTPC.

    I'd cancel my subscription out of protest. But my wife would side with Netflix over me any day of the week.

  4. Fanboy sez... by Andy+Prough · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...Steve Jobs didn't give it to me, so I must not have needed it anyways.