Netflix's reluctance to support playback on Linux computers is infamous notorious ridiculous well documented. Well, while the company isn't ready to officially start streaming to your Ubuntu box, you can gain access to its vast library with a specially patched version of Wine. For those of you that don't know, Wine is a compatibility layer that allows Windows apps to run under Linux. Fire up the Windows version of Firefox with this version of the software, install Microsoft's Silverlight and voilà - Netflix on Linux. Unfortunately, that makes the whole ordeal sound a lot simpler than it is.
Engadget , Netflix finally comes to Linux! (Sort of...), Netflix finally comes to Linux! (Sort of...)
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