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.
Step 3: Install User Agent OverRider or User agent switcher plugin to your browse.
Install User Agent Overrider / User agent switcher
Select the latest Firefox/Windows combination.
Head over to netflix.com and enjoy.
Enjoy!!!