Adobe recently released an alpha version of Adobe AIR for Linux and a updated alpha 3 version of Flex Builder for Linux. I wanted to show everyone how easy it is to build and run desktop RIAs with Flex and Adobe AIR so I recorded a quick video. In the video I use Papervision3D and a component I created called “TurbulentApplication” to turn an ordinary AIR Application into an application which pitches and rolls in response to the accelerometer values on my Ubuntu laptop. While most AIR applications work on Windows, Mac, and Linux, this one only works on Linux because as far as I know Windows and Mac don’t have a way to read the accelerometer values from a file, like Linux. If you have Linux (and an accelerometer) and want to run the application you can download it here. If you want to download the source code for the TurbulentApplication component, you can get it here.
Check out the video (and let me know what you think!):
6 Comments
Thanks for the quick and turbulent demo!
What I really like is that AIR actually puts an application symbol into the menus. That’s something most applications you install on Linux do not do and you’re always wondering: Hmm, where’s that app now?
Great example!
I’m using Flex Builder on Ubuntu and I can tell you it runs great :) I’m planning on installing the Papervision3D classes on my Ubuntu Flex Builder so this example proves to be very entertaining.
Thanks for sharing.
I’ve noticed some strange behavior in AIR applications like Thwirl though.. wonky notifications and faulty “remember me” etc.. doesnt feel that cross platform to me.
This is awesome James!
Dope.
NICE !!…
I am now wrking on a AIR app in Liunx with touch screens…this for sure will come in handy at some point I am sure :)
respect,
michael B