I recently wrote a post showing how to get Netfix working on Ubuntu and its derivatives. That process originally involved installing the beta version of the Chrome browser and manually updating some libraries on your system. Further, you had to use the Useragent Switcher extension in Chrome to trick Netflix into thinking you were a Windows user.
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Update: 10 October, 2014 – Netflix now works on Linux without any special hacks using the Chrome browser.
There have been many tutorials posted on how to get Netflix working on Linux. Personally I’ve had limited success using the Pipelight plugins. There’s good news for Linux users though. Recent development versions of the Chrome browser from Google include the required DRM code to allow HTML5 video streaming from Netflix. The goal of this tutorial is to provide easy instructions to get Netflix streaming working on Linux Mint 17, Ubuntu 14.04, and Ubuntu 12.04. Continue reading