I'm willing to bet it will work in any Linux distro that has the newest Chrome installed, so Mint and Arch Linux will probably also work. Haven't confirmed yet though.
You also need NSS >= 3.16.2.
Watch Netflix in Ubuntu today
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#12Doesn't appear to work in Ubuntu/Chromium v37.0.2062.120 (64 bit) Error Code: M7357-1003 I guess that is because WidevineCDM is missing (proprietary "Content Decryption Module").
I find I often have to go to chrome://components and redownload everything.
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#13This is awesome, but I see a lot of complaints from people who can't get it to work. In the past, I've used netflix-desktop[0] to watch from my Ubuntu partition. I've found that it works exceptionally well.
[0] Google netflix-desktop, or here's a decent install guide I found on the fly: http://askubuntu.com/questions/419255/just-installed-ubuntu-...
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#14Finally. Working with Chrome 38.0.2125.101 (64-bit) on Linux Mint 17.
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#15This is another great example of the difference between Chromium (free and open source browser) and Chrome (proprietary, branded fork of Chromium).
Amusingly, the previous workaround for running Netflix on Linux used Firefox (running under a patched version of Wine)[0], though it looks like Netflix is unlikely to come to Linux for Firefox in the near future[1]
[0] http://www.compholio.com/netflix-desktop/
[1] At least until Netflix switches over to DRM-ed HTML5 video, and Firefox implements HTML5 DRM.
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#16Works for me in Fedora 20! Chrome 37.0.2062.120 and NSS 3.17.0-1.fc20.
edit: Did try Firefox and it does not work due to required DRM extensions. This is a great step forward, hopefully more is to come.
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#17Does this work on Chromium (the FLOSS base for Chrome) or only the Google-branded Chrome browser?
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#18So why does this work? Is Chrome 37 for Linux now being shipped with support for Encrypted Media Extensions, i.e., HTML's built-in DRM, with Netflix relying on EME? Or has something happened with Moonlight to support Netflix DRM? Or what?
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#19This is another great example of the difference between Chromium (free and open source browser) and Chrome (proprietary, branded fork of Chromium). Amusingly, the previous workaround for running Netflix on Linux used Firefox (running under a patched version of Wine)[0], though it looks like Netflix is unlikely to come to Linux for Firefox in the near future[1] [0] http://www.compholio.com/netflix-desktop/ [1] At leas…
Chromium PPA builds are around 47 weeks old. (v. 31)
https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/ubuntu/stable
Chromium packages on Ubuntu have basically been abandoned.
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#20So why does this work? Is Chrome 37 for Linux now being shipped with support for Encrypted Media Extensions, i.e., HTML's built-in DRM, with Netflix relying on EME? Or has something happened with Moonlight to support Netflix DRM? Or what?
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