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Linux-Using Mates Gone AWOL? Netflix Just Added Linux Support

posted by CoolHand on Thursday March 23 2017, @04:26AM   Printer-friendly
from the netflix-and-chilling-properly dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

If your Linux-using mates suddenly disappear for a day or two, we can explain why: Netflix has just revealed it's fully and formally available on the OS

As the streamer points out, Chrome's worked for in-browser playback since 2014. But not officially.

As of Tuesday, however, "users of Firefox can also enjoy Netflix on Linux."

Netflix reckons this is "a huge milestone for us and our partners, including Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Mozilla that helped make it possible."

HTML 5 had a lot to do with it, too, because by enabling plugin-free video playback it meant Linux users were spared the the recurring security nightmare that is Adobe Flash, which recently made a meaningful Penguin-land after ignoring Linux for years.

The reason you haven't switched to Linux is:

  • 1. Games
  • 2. Netflix

[editors note: the game situation isn't all that bad now, with over 3,000 games now available for Linux on Steam]

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 23 2017, @05:16AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 23 2017, @05:16AM (#483091)

    Most of what you're after can be done with wine or even a vm (sure, you're still running windows at this point, but it's a lot more convenient than waiting for it to shut down and reboot). The only things you're really held by are the gaming (it's getting better, but if the games you want are windows only, you don't care how many thousands of OTHER games are on steam for linux) and the gpu support.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by mhajicek on Thursday March 23 2017, @05:42AM

    by mhajicek (51) on Thursday March 23 2017, @05:42AM (#483096)

    OpenGL CADCAM.

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    The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek

  • (Score: 2) by FakeBeldin on Thursday March 23 2017, @01:06PM (1 child)

    by FakeBeldin (3360) on Thursday March 23 2017, @01:06PM (#483192) Journal

    Sure, but setting up dual boot is easier than extracting the preconfigured windows into a virtual machine.
    A typically live-boot distro will cater for this.
    I'm sure that converting the install into a vm isn't unbelievably hard, but it's not as push-button upon install as dualboot is.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 23 2017, @06:40PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 23 2017, @06:40PM (#483339)

      Sure, but setting up dual boot is easier than extracting the preconfigured windows into a virtual machine.

      Provided you install Windows first.