Friday, December 26, 2008: Adobe Systems has announced the availability of Adobe AIR 1.5 software for GNU-Linux operating systems. Adobe AIR 1.5, a component of the Adobe Flash Platform, enables Web developers to use HTML, JavaScript, ActionScript and the free, open source Flex framework to deliver Web applications outside the browser. Now, developers can use Adobe AIR 1.5 technology to create software applications that are available on GNU-Linux, in addition to the Windows and Mac operating systems.
David Wadhwani, general manager and vice president, platform business unit, Adobe, said, "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."
Along with graphical capabilities, 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 rich text layout. The software also 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 an encrypted database that meets enterprise security compliance requirements while storing data more securely on customers' computers, said the company.
Christos Georgiopoulos, general manager, developer relations division, Intel Software and Services Group, commented, "With Adobe AIR 1.5 now available for Linux, thousands of developers can run their applications across multiple operating environments including the PC, and in the future netbook and Mobile Internet Device platforms based on the Intel Atom processor running Moblin Linux."
Adobe AIR 1.5 for Linux is available immediately as a free download at http://get.adobe.com/air/. The GNU-Linux version of Adobe AIR 1.5 includes support for Fedora 8, Ubuntu 7.10, and openSUSE 10.3.
Along with graphical capabilities, 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 rich text layout. The software also 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 an encrypted database that meets enterprise security compliance requirements while storing data more securely on customers' computers, said the company.
Christos Georgiopoulos, general manager, developer relations division, Intel Software and Services Group, commented, "With Adobe AIR 1.5 now available for Linux, thousands of developers can run their applications across multiple operating environments including the PC, and in the future netbook and Mobile Internet Device platforms based on the Intel Atom processor running Moblin Linux."
Adobe AIR 1.5 for Linux is available immediately as a free download at http://get.adobe.com/air/. The GNU-Linux version of Adobe AIR 1.5 includes support for Fedora 8, Ubuntu 7.10, and openSUSE 10.3.
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