Hulu Linux Desktop BetaIf your like me, you like to keep up with your favorite shows on your own time. Enter the world of online streaming video. My favorite is Hulu, mainly because there is no paid membership required and the site keeps up with most shows only a day behind the television schedule. Hulu has recently released the Hulu Desktop which is an interesting app that serves up the site's content in a pretty little [or fullscreen-box] on your desktop. Best of all there is a linux debian package.
My Experience:
Here is the setting-
I chose to test it on my Desktop-PC running ubuntu 9.04 x86, with ATI Radeon 2400 HD [using latest ati-site driver revision], with 2GB of ram and core2-duo, Direct connection via ethernet to cable modem. This set up should grant the most desirable platform for the app [compared to my other options].
a few other notes- the desktop is compiz enabled with emerald as the window manager.
As Long as the app was kept to its own window the app ran smoothly with emerald enabled. The fullscreen is very nice but i would recomend disabling compositing before using it. But if you like to watch your movies in their own window while doing other activities like, i dont know--comletely recompiling the gnome toolbar to get rid of that silly little arrow that covers up your beautiful custom main menu icon--, then you will be happy with it having its own window. I noticed that the buffering was improved by using the app as opposed to watching the ad ridden site. I was able to browse firefox and use synaptic while the app was open without any odd behavior.
Though its still in beta stage i have gotten hours of trouble free use from it over the past few days. Kudos to Hulu.
you can download Hulu Desktop Here.
Happy Tuxing! ;)
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