How to create a Netflix webapp

For some time Netflix, the popular streaming entertainment service, decided to support Gnu / Linux. In order to access this application, we either install third-party applications with questionable support and stability, or we use a direct method. This direct method is done through webapp technology, something simple that from our Ubuntu we can do if we have Google Chrome or Chromium installed.

For this we will only need to have the Google browser and a simple text editor, something that we will have if we do it on our Ubuntu.

Creating the Netflix webapp

The first thing we will do is create a file called netflix.desktop. This file will be the webapp once created, although for this we will have to configure the file to work correctly. Once we have created we open it with a text editor and paste the following:

[Desktop Entry]
Name = Netflix
Comment = Desktop application for streaming Netflix from Chrome
Exec = google-chrome -
app = http: //www.netflix.com
Icon = / usr / share / pixmaps / netflix-icon.png
Terminal = no
Type = Application
Categories = Network;

In the line that begins with "Icon" we will write the address where the icon we want to use is located, if we do not have any we will leave it blank and that's it.

Once we have saved it, we move the file to the folder / usr / share / applications / tras which will already be available in our applications menu.

In general, many of you will have problems when executing as the file will not have root permissions. To solve this, just open a terminal and after going to the previous folder, we write the following

sudo chmod -x netflix.desktop

This will be more than enough to be able to run the webapp that we have created. As you can see, it is a simple and relatively fast process to access Netflix from our Ubuntu, however it is not the only method, there are other alternatives such as installing the OpenVPN AccessServer or simply take advantage tor browser to use anonymous browsing.