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Revision as of 07:53, 18 February 2009
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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.
Install Windows XP
It takes forever but just do it like you would on any computer. Don't forget the updates and service packs.
