[GRLUG] Netflix on Linux?

[Michael Mol]

Depends on your needs. For us, it turns out to be a heck of a lot
cheaper than purchasing all the DVDs, both in shelf space and monetary
outlay.

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Steve Romanow <slestak989 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is netflix worth all this?
>
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:48 PM, David Wise <davidn.wise at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am kind of hoping to avoid running a VM to get it though. I'm really
>> wanting to be able to let my wife just fire it up and watch something while
>> she knits and chats (like she currently does in Windows). Do any of the
>> media players work at all (Boxee etc.)?
>> --
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Rob Steenwyk <rsteenwyk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Good idea, except the Android VM runs terribly slow on x86.
>>>
>>> On Oct 21, 2011 12:44 PM, "Michael Mol" <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:38 PM, David Wise <davidn.wise at gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> > > That stinks. I've read something about ChromeOS having a plugin that
>>> > > supports Netflix, I was wondering if it's possible to use that with
>>> > > Chromium
>>> > > or not. Again, I suspect I know the answer, but am hoping someone will
>>> > > be
>>> > > able to prove me wrong.
>>> >
>>> > Steve's reply just gave me an idea for a really hacky workaround that
>>> > might actually work.
>>> >
>>> > Grab the Android SDK, run Android in a VM, install and use the Netflix
>>> > Android app.
>>> >
>>> > When you run Android in a VM in the SDK, you're running bona-fide
>>> > Android. So, yeah, it might work. You might need to do some kind of
>>> > workaround for 'device compatibility', especially if you want to fill
>>> > a 720p or 1080p display...
>>> >
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