Re: [PLUG] Got netflix?

[Rich Freeman <r-plug@thefreemanclan.net>]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Sam Gleske <sam.mxracer@gmail.com> wrote:
> There's no technical issue stopping netflix from supporting Linux.  I can't
> remember where I read it (on of the moonlight developer blogs) but netflix
> won't issue DRM licenses to the Linux platform.  It's all about DRM.

Yup, Netflix runs on chromebooks too, as long as you don't flip the
developer switch that gives you root access to it.

However, I do take objection to the earlier comment about Android
having as much in common with Linux as OSX does with FreeBSD.

Android has as much in common with Linux as Ubuntu does - they share
exactly one component in common, and that is Linux.  :)

A better analogy would be that Android has as much in common with the
GNU userspace as OSX does with FreeBSD.  Another valid one would be
that Android has as much in common with Linux as OSX does with Mach.

All linux does is interface with hardware, set up a very fancy system
call interface for managing processes, and launch a single process.

And as those in PLUG North saw this week, a Solaris system with a
Gentoo userspace seems fairly "Linux-like" despite not having a drop
of Linux on it.  The userspace is what we all interact with on a daily
basis, and the term Linux has just become synonymous.

Rich
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