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Hulu desktop for Linux

“As of now the only distributions Hulu is available for are
Ubuntu 9.04 and Fedora 11. So if you’re not running either of
them you’re out of luck. Hulu does hope to, over time,
support other distributions. But both Ubuntu and Fedora make sense.
Now, I will tell you that I did successfully install the Hulu
client on Elive Compiz which is a Debian-based installation. So
– if you can install a .deb package on your machine, and you
meet the requirements, you might be golden.

“Let’s take a look at the installation process. The Hulu
client depends upon:

GTK+ 2.12 or higher
GLib 2.16 or higher
LIRC 0.8.2 or higher (required for remote control
functionality)
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124″

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