Comments on: Hulu Supporting Linux

By: Maxo

Maxo — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:21:59 +0000

This is fantastic news. I had heard they had been looking at doing this. Since their application is just Flash running in a Flash runner, and Flash is supported in Linux I figured it was only a matter of time.

By: Peter Rabbit

Peter Rabbit — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:44:26 +0000

We ran the debi and then dumped the program in about 5 minutes.
HULU totally sucked. Intermittent streaming and fragmented audio. We have other open source applications that are much better.

It’s 2009, not 2009 BC. HULU needs to catch up with the decade. Currently they are so outclassed its pathetic.

By: Jon Reagan

Jon Reagan — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:17:17 +0000

Awesome. I can’t wait to give it a try on Ubuntu 9.10.

By: boredandblogging

boredandblogging — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:47:20 +0000

Comcast kind of competes against Hulu, with Fancast. But Fancast gets a lot of its content from Hulu. Hulu also provides content for AOL, Yahoo!, and MSN, so I doubt Comcast would give up that revenue stream.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:38:07 +0000

Hulu’s great but with Comcast looking to buy out NBC, and NBC owning a share of Hulu I’m worried that it’s days may be numbered.

By: Aaron Fournier

Aaron Fournier — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:48:42 +0000

Ooo! This is such awesome news! I’m installing it right now. Can’t wait to try it out =D

By: boredandblogging

boredandblogging — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:40:39 +0000

@Shane,

Hulu was created by NBC, Fox, and ABC. Not surprising they don’t broadcast in other countries without having all the syndication deals in place. Sad, but what else do you expect from media companies nowadays?

By: boredandblogging

boredandblogging — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:37:54 +0000

@Eric,

Have heard plenty of good things about Boxee myself. I just have never gotten around to installing it.

By: Elizabeth Krumbach

Elizabeth Krumbach — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:34:52 +0000

And the Ubuntu .deb works great on Debian Lenny too, which is what I run on the old server connected to my TV

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:28:50 +0000

I use Boxee which connects to Hulu. It’s fantastic because it manages all my local media content and internet streaming needs. http://www.boxee.tv