Useless and meaningless rant about my hate for Linux Mint...

[Phil Waclawski]

xbmc is all well and good, but for some folks Netflix can be a "show
stopper" if it won't run on linux. Had I known about this solution soon
enough, I would have helped one of my students stay converted over to linux
for their home entertainment set up ;)

Phil W.


On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> hwy are you using netflix? Use xbmc!
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Phil Waclawski <phil.waclawski at mesacc.edu
> > wrote:
>
>> 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, <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> 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 at 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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