[NBLUG/talk] Streaming Web Sites under Linux

Ed Rogers ed at rogersecommerce.com
Sun Mar 21 12:47:56 PDT 2010


There is also linuxmce:

http://www.linuxmce.org/


> My current home setup is an HTPC loaded with videos, and using boxee to
> stream lots of online video, except from netflix. That just does not
> work on Linux, and there are no current hacks aside from running a VM.
> (Wine, for example, is not enough)
>
> For netflix, I have an xbox 360, but if the computer is powerful
> enough to handle the netflix VM, its a useable solution (shame it
> still requires a windows licence, though)
>
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:44 PM,  <gandalf at sonic.net> wrote:
>> Hehe, reminds me of when I 'fixed' my great aunts computer. Hadn't
>> worked right since she vacuumed.
>>
>> (imagine a cute or dirty tagline here)
>>
>> Â On Thu 18/03/10 Â 1:20 PM , Troy Arnold troy at zenux.net sent:
>>> > Â On Thu 18/03/10 11:42 AM , Barry Stump barry.s
>>> tump at gmail.com sent:> > I just use a Roku box for streaming
>>> Netflix. Â No computer required,> > and the thing only draws 5
>>> watts.> >
>>> > > http://www.roku.com/roku-products> > It's a little embedded linux
>>> > > system, though
>>> you can't access the> > internals, as far as I can tell.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:11:20PM -0700, gandalf at son
>>> ic.net wrote:> I'm not really sold on those. I don't see that
>>> they can do anything but> their pre-programmed "stations". A
>>> cheap used laptop can handle anything> on the web. We mostly watch
>>> Hulu, Youtube TV, the channel streams> themselves and Netflix. It's
>>> somewhat better if you have a dedicated> laptop, but I generally use
>>> my laptop in the bedroom and can watch many> shows while checking my
>>> email, reading manga or otherwise poking around.
>>>
>>> For < $100 those little roku boxes are pretty neat. They're small,
>>> quietand efficient and they'll stream netflix, which you can't do on
>>> your ownunder Linux. Â And I can send one to my mom 4,000 miles away
>>> and she can setit up on her own. Â That's no mean feat. Â I once
>>> "fixed" my mom's Internetby swapping an ethernet cable for the single
>>> pair-phone cable she had beenusing.
>>>
>>> -t
>>>
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