AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) is a cross platform system runtime, it allows you to use the combination of HTML, Ajax, Adobe Flash and Adobe Flex and other technologies for rich Internet applications.This means that you and I can link to the network on a Windows PC, Mac, as well as this month's Linux PC just to run another application.
I am not a big fan of AIR, this is not the first nor the hundredth in the multi-platform applications running the same application-level software.Java, JavaScript, etc. and most recently Silverlight / Moonlight, JavaFX, and Appcelerator Titanium is such software.In other words, AIR applications can only do this faster and more mature.
We have seen the number of objective and refined, easy to use AIR program, such as Google Analytics Reporting Suite, twhrl social network client, RichFLV, Flash video editor and so on.Now, in addition to Windows and Mac OS, you can also run on Linux and the application of AIR.
This is a good side, bad side is installed on Linux machines AIR too much trouble to install the AIR application and there will be some security risks.
First of all, AIR official only Fedora 8, openSUSE 10.3, and Ubuntu 7.10 are available.There are also a Linux version of the old age.The AIR Linux 1.5 RPM and DEB packages in, so you can not effortlessly installed in most Linux versions.
Do you think that simple? Actually installed on any Linux AIR have some trouble.Actually you to. BIN file over, you would think that after the installation you only need to click on the file icon (you can start running program), then you are wrong.Before running the AIR installation, you must make sure the installer executable.The easiest way is to propose a terminal window, change the current working directory to your download files and type - chmod + x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin place.
You can now click on the icon that? Does not work, return to shell, then the first run:. / AdobeAIRInstaller.bin.You will notice that you need the latest version of Adobe Flash or install failure?
Adobe is very good description of the product release those details hidden.When you encounter problems then go to the Release Notes (PDF Document), you will find that in order to use the Linux AIR beta, you need to reinstall all of the AIR application.If you run 64-bit Linux on the AIR, then the 64-bit Linux on the AIR and the Adobe common sense should be required reading.
When I use is a 64-bit machine that is installed on Fedora 10 Linux, I installed the Gateway GT5622 laptop, and it is not a fast machine: 1.80GHz Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160 processor, 3GB of DDR2SDRAM (double-data-rate two synchronous dynamic random access memory), 400GB SATA II hard drive and a DVD R / W drive.Graphics, using the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950, 224MB of memory needed as shared video memory.
My configuration is not high, so other people will be able to run AIR application configuration.Start to run is not fast, I thought it was because of the relationship between notebook and then found his surprisingly quick online application, I have not seen on the Google Chrome faster than it runs JavaScript applications.
Do you want Linux or any Unix-like operating systems want to do is: ask a user to root user to complete this class, such as installing a small program simple task.Once you do, use this account to beat the computer every day is a very simple fix.Unfortunately, the AIR can not do this
Now that the installation of Linux applications are generally very simple, in which case I do not understand why even the installation of Adobe AIR to engage in such energy, but also in the installation of AIR and the AIR application security risk there.
AIR itself runs very well, so I will be permanently on my computer to keep Google Analytics Reporting Suite, so I hope I can with impunity to recommend Linux on Adobe AIR.But given the troubles encountered when installing, I can only say: Linux AIR expert users try it.