How to use Netflix on openSUSE

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Life is ironic sometimes, and if the Linux users who want to say so use Netflix and they do not have to do it in native form, this despite the fact that the streaming video relies on the penguin's operating system for its infrastructure. Luckily thanks to Pipelight It is possible to achieve a combination that is effective enough to be able to enjoy one of the star services on the web in recent years.

Of course, as we know well in Linux things differ a bit between distributions, so now let's see how to use Netflix from openSUSE, for which as a first measure we will need to install the aforementioned Pipelight. And the truth is very simple thanks to the openSUSE web installer, which allows us to select the version of this distro, the package we are looking for, and proceed with its installation. So, let's install Pipelight.

Now we need modify the User Agent (UA) string, which is the one that identifies the browser that we use to the services that require it. And remember, Netflix does not have native support in Linux so we have to make you believe that we use another platform when we access it. Thus, we need to download a tool that allows us to modify the User Agent and the Extensions they work wonders for these things:

For Firefox we have:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/uacontrol/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-overrider/

While for Chrome / Chromium there is this:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/user-agent-switcher-for-c/djflhoibgkdhkhhcedjiklpkjnoahfmg

Whatever the case, we have to leave this UA String in our browser:

Mozilla / 5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv: 23.0) Gecko / 20131011 Firefox / 23.0

That's it, and we can enjoy Netflix on openSUSE.

More information - Pipelight, the most effective alternative to using Netflix on Linux , Netflix could soon arrive on Linux officially


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