http://www.compholio.com/netflix-desktop/ It works fairly well if you want netflix on Linux. Even if it does install silverlight :P Phil Waclawski On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 2:45 PM, wrote: > What a great rant!! I was on my way to look for a video on HULU.... I > enjoyed this much more. > > I think Win7 is one of the best OS's ever made. I started with DOS 2.11 > and stayed with DOS until 95 when I was forced to use it. > > In 2000 I used Linux for 8 months and then went back to Windows. In 2006 > I used Linux for about 3 months and went back to Windows. Mostly because I > need IE for testing. I hated IE in Wine. I've been using Kubuntu as my > main system for 5 or 6 months. I think it will stick this time. It has > been a pain making the switch. I still need to load Windows in a virtual > machine so I can have everything on one machine. No time and no energy to > do so at this time. I stay with Kubuntu because I know at some point I am > really going to forced to switch over to Linux any way. > > I have a laptop running Win7. I use it to test with IE and to use > Go-To_Meetings which does not work on Linux for some reason. Since my two > large screens are connected to my Linux box I am unable to enjoy NetFlix > until I get a vmachine set up with Windows. > > In summary I would say that each have their strong points. I like some of > the things about Kubuntu and I like other things about Windows. If I could > combine them I would. > > > > On 2014-06-21 16:02, joe@actionline.com wrote: > >> Brian last wrote (in very small part ;) >> >>> Re: KDE ... these days it's quite small. >>> >> >> Brian, your comments (and advice and guidance) are always especially >> helpful and very, very much appreciated. >> >> I, too, much prefer KDE and Mint to the many other distros that I have >> tried. Sometimes, I get very frustrated with changes that they make that >> often seem to me to create a frustrating nuisance and make things worse >> than the way things were before the change. I do *despise* everything >> about nepomuk and akonadi and never seem to have been able to totally >> eliminate it from my systems. >> >> Also, for example, I really wish they would bring back the hide button >> for the start line. >> >> Most annoying to me is when they force new things on us instead of just >> giving the option to "opt-in" if we should choose to do so. >> >> Yet, all-in-all, I am just so incredibly thankful to not have to live >> with that most horrific of all annoyances that is M$. Every time I have >> to try to help my dear bride with her M$ box, I praise God again that I >> don't have to contend with that. >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >