Netflix in Germany has no support for Linux

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Netflix is just recently available on Germany, so I happily created an account and when I tried to open a movie, I was welcomed with this message:

Complete System Requirements

To watch instantly, you''ll need a computer that meets the following
minimum requirements:

  • Windows
    • Windows Vista or Windows 7
    • Internet Explorer 8 or higher; or the latest version of Firefox; or the latest version of Chrome
    • 1.2 GHz processor
    • 512 MB RAM
  • Mac
    • An Intel-based Mac with OS 10.4.11 or later
    • Safari 4 or higher; or the latest version of Firefox; or the latest version of Chrome
    • 1 GB RAM
  • Chrome OS
    • A Google Chromebook or Chromebox running Chrome OS 29 or higher

I am running Linux Mint, so this is not good for me.

I seem to have read in some pages, there are ways to circumvent these restrictions, but they are in German, and I do not speak the language that well, despite living here.

Could anyone please help me set up the system?

Best Answer

It doesn't look like Linux support is fully there, but it's getting close and, depending on what you're running, may already work for you.

Seen on Engadget:

watching flicks in your favorite distro (be it Ubuntu, Mint or Arch) may finally come true. Paul Adolph from Netflix posted a message to Ubuntu developers, telling them that, "Netflix will play with Chrome stable in 14.02 if NSS version 3.16.2 or greater is installed."

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