Adobe has launched its AIR 1.5 software for Linux. Supported distributions include Fedora 8, Ubuntu 7.10, and openSUSE 10.3. Adobe AIR 1.5, enables Web developers to use HTML, JavaScript, ActionScript and the free, open source Flex framework to deliver Web applications outside the browser.
AIR 1.5 includes functionality introduced in Adobe Flash Player 10, such as support for custom filters and effects, native 3D transformation and animation, and extensible rich text layout. Adobe AIR 1.5 incorporates the open source WebKit HTML engine and now accelerates application performance with SquirrelFish, the new WebKit JavaScript interpreter. Adobe AIR 1.5 also includes a new, encrypted database that meets enterprise security compliance requirements while storing data more securely on customers.
With Adobe AIR 1.5, companies and developers can easily target all three major OS users -- Windows, Linux and Mac -- with a single code base. Thus companies, who use Adobe AIR to deliver uniquely branded content outside the browser, can be sure their AIR applications will reach users across all major OS. Using Adobe AIR, millions of Web developers can now be Linux developers, and with little effort and no additional costs, companies can now target emerging markets and a broad set of new devices where Linux is growing in popularity.
Mostly it has been tested on Ubuntu710, FC8 and OpenSuse 103, that's why you see only them in supported list. But it should work on any 32-bit rpm/deb based distribution (ubuntu 810/910, fc9/10, opensuse11 etc).
- syed Anonymous xyz
Apr 13, 2009 10:57 AM
Fedora 8 has already reached its end of life... So isn't it ironic to support Fedora 8?
Considering that Fedora 8 and OpenSuse 10.3 are both about a year old, Ubuntu 7.10 would be correct.
It probably will work with later versions of the corresponding distributions, but these are the versions on which they've done the development and testing, and so have placed their "stamp of approval".
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