Netflix Streaming

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How to watch Netflix instant movies in Firefox in XP in Ubuntu

I recently installed Netflix and can now watch streaming movies in Ubuntu. This tells how I installed on my Ubuntu 8.04LTS Myth System. Allen Edwards (2/17/2009)


Work in process------------------------

Install VirtualBox

From inside your Ubuntu system open a browser

Go to VirtualBox.org

Select Downloads

Select (at least as of this date) VirtualBox 2.1.4 for Linux hosts

Click on i386 on this line: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS ("Hardy Heron") i386 | AMD64

It will put an icon on your desktop. Click on it and install VirtualBox

Set up your virtual machine

Install a virtual machine Instructions here The install software does a good job of guiding you along. I set 512MB of memory and went with the defaults on everything else. I set up a Windows XP machine with CD-ROM and ALSA sound.

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