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The instructions below are legacy instructions for running Silverlight on Linux via Wine.However, running Netflix is entirely possible in Ubuntu Linux 12.04 and later releases (and most likely any other modern distribution). See the section below "Running with Wine".

This is because they use Microsoft Silverlight plugin with DRM. Although there is a Linux alternative to Silverlight called Moonlight, it does not have any DRM built in and it is unlikely Moonlight will implement a DRM option. Netflix has stated they will not use anything without DRM. So if Netflix continues to use Silverlight, then there will be no official Linux support.

If you don't like it, complain to Netflix, not us. Their phone number is 1-866-716-0414 or you could sign the petition to add Linux support to Netflix. Petition to add Netflix "Watch Now" feature for Linux. Calling Netflix and signing the petition both is the best plan as the numerous times I've called has resulted in the call center person telling me that "...the more people who call and request linux as an option is noted by Netflix".

Depending on each individual system's configuration and hardware, video quality may vary. The steps for installing or running Netflix with Wine listed below this line may be old or out-dated. (11/25/2012) -for-netflix-desktop-app.html

It is also possible to run Netflix under Wine with a couple of extra patches to the latest source code tree. Hopefully these patches will be included into Wine in the near future so that custom-compiling Wine is no longer necessary.

Using a virtual machine is a non-ideal solution, but it works. But if you have a Win-XP CD lying around its not so bad. Just think of it as running a really inefficient video player program, instead of a really backwards workaround.

Install Chrome version 37 or higher (currently the stable version). Launch Chrome, sign in to your Google account (if you have one), log in to Netflix, and streaming should be working. If not, make sure your system is fully up to date. In particular, you need a recent version of libnss3.

I am playing .mkv movies with 1080 resolution and about 12gb size without problems and i think, that is a good alternative because, the Raspberry Pi has lower power consumption than a PC and with a wireless card, you can stream contents to your TV.

Raspberry need USB storage or SD card.
Controll Raspberry via smartphone app (Android / iPhone app) using WLAN (smartphone) and (W)LAN with your Raspberry Pi. Some tvs can send HDMI CEC commands and you just use your normal tv remote. (horrible for setup but nice afterwards)

They also have mobile apps that can can remote control XBMC as well. I have my setup with my old gaming rig hooked up to my TV via hdmi with XBMC installed, and then I control it with the xbmc remote with a xbmc android app from my phone only need the TV remote to turn on the TV.

My main computer, with a ton of storage, use a software SAN/NAS solution to host shares with my movies and contents. Hook up a raspberry pi to the television with a wireless usb device, install xbmc on the pi. Then I should technically be able to stream netflix and 1channel from the PI, along with obtaining movies and contents from my desktop with much more storage.