RFC: Can FreeBSD stream Netflix?
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Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 23:47:23 UTC
Hi,
When I'm not tinkering with NFS I'm just a dumbass user,
so here's a dumbass user question...
The background (you can just skip to the question at the end
but maybe you'll find this useful.
I have two old Dell laptops (6420s) that I picked up used and
they've done ok, but both now have flakey hdds.
#1 - hdd died completely, so I installed FreeBSD and it went
pretty smoothly. It runs Xorg, KDE etc and works pretty well.
But I can't get it to do one all important thing.
Stream Netflix. (I've tried assorted browsers, but always get
the "you should upgrade your browser" treatment.)
#2 - Runs Win10 and does stream Netflix, but is throwing lots of
hdd errors, so it only a matter of time before I'll need to
replace the hdd. Once I do that, I have three choices:
a) Install FreeBSD, but only if I can get it to stream Netflix.
b) Install Linux. (Some posts claim Linux distros with up
to date browsers can stream Netflix?)
c) Install Win10 and run FreeBSD in a VM or dual boot it.
I'd prefer (a), which leads to the all important question...
Is there someone out there that runs FreeBSD on a laptop or
desktop who can stream Netflix?
If you can answer "yes", can you recall how you installed it
to make this work?
Thanks in advance for any answers, rick