Don't Bother: How to Watch Netflix around the World on Linux

Running Netflix is entirely possible in Ubuntu Linux (and most likely any other modern distribution).

Before Installing Hola Unblocker in my web browser:

Step 1: Hola UnBlocker

Add hola unblocker plugin to your browser from Hola.org and unblock the sites you want.

After Hola Unblocker activation:

Before Installing Silverlight:

Step 2: Pipelight: Use Silverlight in Linux browser to watch Netflix Videos and more

Pipelight is project that brings Silverlight to any Linux browser that supports the Netscape Plugin API. Using it, you can use services that require Silverlight, such as Netflix, in native Linux web browsers like Firefox, Chrome or Midori.

Note: Before proceeding, it's strongly recommended to close your web browser. Without doing this, the plugin may fail to install or crash the browser (you can copy the instructions below to a text editor).

If you've installed the old Pipelight version, remove it before proceeding:

sudo apt-get remove pipelight

To add the Pipelight stable and Compholio PPAs and install Pipelight in Ubuntu, use the following commands:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:pipelight/stable

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install pipelight-multi

Then, you can install the Silverlight plugin using the following command:

sudo pipelight-plugin --enable silverlight

If you stopped here to go try out Netflix, you may have noticed that Netflix still doesn’t allow you to watch any of their content, even though you have Silverlight ready to go. Netflix still checks your user agent and recognizes that you’re using a Linux machine, and therefore continues to block you.