Category Archives: Linux
Where is 64-bit Linux support for Flash Player?
I run 32-bit Linux but there is a very vocal group of people who really want 64-bit Linux support for Flash Player. Today there is a decent work around for running the 32-bit Flash Player on a 64-bit Linux system using the nspluginwrapper. From what I’ve heard it works fairly well on most distro’s but [...]
Also posted in Flash Player, Tamarin 27 Comments
Adobe Open Source Presentation in New York Tomorrow
Tomorrow night I’ll be presenting at the New York GNU/Linux Meetup Group about Adobe Open Source – including the Adobe Flex SDK, Mozilla Tamarin, Adobe AIR (pieces like SQLite and WebKit), and BlazeDS. More details here. Hope to see you there!
Talkin’ About a Revolution
Revolutions may be enabled by technology, but they are driven by people. Adobe’s recent announcements about Flex, Flash, and Adobe AIR on Linux are the most recent technology enablers for the software revolution that is currently underway. Usually I’m one of the first to post about Adobe’s Linux related announcements. My trip to Bangalore, India, [...]
Also posted in Adobe AIR, Flash Player, Flex 1 Comment
Video: Building Turbulent AIR Applications on Linux
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 [...]
Also posted in Adobe AIR, Flex, Papervision3D 6 Comments
Adobe AIR on Linux: Pre-Beta Testers Needed
Adobe AIR is a cross-operating system runtime for deliverying rich Internet applications on the desktop. Developers using Flex, Flash, HTML, JavaScript, and Ajax can easily build applications for the desktop using Adobe AIR. As of today there have only been releases of Adobe AIR for Windows and Mac but Adobe is committed to also delivering [...]
Also posted in Adobe AIR, Ajax, Flex 45 Comments
Flex Builder for Linux Alpha 2 is Out!
I’ve been using Alpha 1 of Flex Builder for Linux since it shipped back in October and it’s been working great! It’s great to see Alpha 2 out the door! More info here: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flex/flexbuilder_linux/ http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flex/flexbuilder_linux/releasenotes.html
Also posted in Flex 2 Comments
Exchange MAPI Connector for Evolution
Just a quick note to say how excited I am that Evolution will be getting a MAPI Connector! I’ve been using Evolution with Exchange since 2003. Thankfully it works – but for me it crashes quite often. So I’m really excited about the prospect of a better Exchange connector. Screen scraping is just too brittle [...]
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Flex Builder for Linux!!!
I love vi. I’ve been doing Flex development on Linux for about three years – mostly with vi. But to be honest when building complex applications it is nice to have things like code hinting and integrated debugging. I’m sure you *could* make vi do that with Flex but I am not brave enough to [...]
Also posted in Adobe AIR, Flex 12 Comments
Making Headway on Flash Player for 64-bit Linux