Running Netflix On Linux 185
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."
No sale (Score:5, Insightful)
Why would I pay Netflix when they won't bother to support my OS? If they want my money, they can port their software to my OS, or they can package Wine with their software, and support that.
They would also have to change their policy on DRM-free content [ninapaley.com] before they get any of my money. I'm willing to pay for TV, I'm even willing to watch their ads. I'm not willing to facilitate an effort to make DRM the norm.
Undoing moderation; please ignore this post (Score:3, Insightful)
n/t
Re:Not good enough, dammit, not good enough! (Score:2, Insightful)
Perhaps the reason Netflix is using Silverlight is not because of some evil Microsoft conspiracy, but the fact that the Linux market is too small to develop and support for and Netflix can't guarantee the studio-required DRM will not be circumvented.
But yeah, it's probably a vast criminal conspiracy just to troll /.'ers. We're that important.
Re:Not good enough, dammit, not good enough! (Score:5, Insightful)
It's rather peculiar considering there's a Netflix app for Android.
Flash is dead? (Score:4, Insightful)
Since when? It seems that more and more crap is being shoveled out. I would have thought HTML5 would have marginalized Flash, it hasn't.
Re:Still wondering (Score:5, Insightful)
Netflix works fine on the Mac, which is a bigger threat to Microsoft's desktop dominance than Linux is.
Re:Still wondering (Score:3, Insightful)
Hardware-level DRM.
Re:Still wondering (Score:3, Insightful)
--I can already watch Netflix streaming in Vmware Workstation/Player (Win7--64 guest) running on a 64-bit Linux host with accelerated video drivers - which I believe is a better and more natural arrangement. WINE's work, while nice to have, is not the only way to accomplish these things.
Better ... you can do that for free? Without paying MS for the privilege of watching NetFlix?