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Probably nothing, except statistically nobody uses Linux on the desktop, so it's not a priority.
by flyt 13y ago
Probably nothing, except statistically nobody uses Linux on the desktop, so it's not a priority.
- gnoway 13y agoMaybe not on the desktop, but there are plenty of people using it as a media center OS. Enough that someone went to the trouble of rolling a custom Wine distribution to get Silverlight + Firefox accessing Netflix. At this point it's just kind of silly to exclude Linux, especially when all the heavy lifting is already done; Chrome OS _is_ Linux, and I believe the Roku devices are Linux-based as well. The reasons Netflix might have to exclude Linux are not unique to Netflix, but somehow Amazon and Hulu - both Flash-based, of course - manage to support these customers.
- MatthewPhillips 13y agoI think in the short term Chrome will be a prereq to watch Netflix (fallback to Silverlight in other browsers). In the long term DRM requirements are going to change and hardware-level DRM is going to be mandatory. Speculation.
- mindstab 13y agoFrom Valve's Steam stats Linux has been between 2-2.5% in its first opening few months where as OSX is only 3.5%. If a Mac port is assumed, one might wonder if that should be extended to Linux. and it's not impossible we'll see Linux over take Mac on Steam this year as it stabilizes, gets more games and more people sign up.
- dman 13y agoYou should try xbmcbuntu on a htpc sometime.