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I am still waiting when I can play Netflix on Linux.

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Amazon's instant movies play superbly on Linux.

How is the movie selection compared to Netflix?

I would say it probably has fewer movies, but it's selection is more mainstream. However it's model is quite different from netflix's (except if you have a paid for Prime account, with some titles).

I do have Prime account. Does it mean i get free streaming? I couldnt figure from reading.

The free prime streaming is only a subset of their catalog. It's also confusing. You'll click through to a movie and it will give you options to buy, rent in HD or stream with prime for free.

If you've paid for the account (in other words, it's not a free Amazon Student, or Amazon Mom account), then some of the titles will be available for free streaming.

see this: http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=sa_menu_aiv_piv_t10?ie=UTF8&...

Thanks for the link. I've had prime account for over a year, and I am discovering there were free movies.

You can use the netflix extension for chrome. Look in the chrome app store.

Edit: According to rglullis, this is wrong. I have left it for context. Sorry - I had read something about it, but it appears to not be true.

I'm sorry, but I will have to call bullshit on that one.

I "installed" the app, which only took me to the website. I selected a movie and got a page showing their requirements page. It mentions "PC", Mac and Chrome OS.

No love for linux, at least not right out of the box.

The Linux Chrome plugin is still being beta tested. Netflix has mentioned that it might be available sometime next year.

In the mean time, buy a Roku and plug it into one of your monitor's other outputs.

Not the ideal solution, but you could try running VMWare and see how the playback is.

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