Test and run Linux-based AIR

Article title: Linux-based AIR testing. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Includes basic categories such as desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, and open source.

AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) is a cross-platform system runtime that allows you to use rich Internet applications that combine HTML, Ajax, Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, and other technologies. This means that you can run another application on a Windows PC or Mac connected to the network, and a Linux computer that can be used this month.

I am not a fan of AIR. this is not the first or 100th application-level software that can run the same application on multiple platforms. Java, JavaScript, and the latest Silverlight/Moonlight, JavaFX, and Appcelerator Titanium software. That is to say, the AIR application can only say it is faster and more mature.

We have seen a number of objective, refined and easy-to-use AIR programs, such as Google Analytics Reporting Suite, twhrl social network client, RichFLV, and Flash video editor. Now, in addition to Windows and Mac OS, you can run AIR and its applications on Linux.

This is a good aspect. the poor side is that it is troublesome to install AIR on a Linux machine, and there are some security risks when installing the AIR application.

First, AIR is only available for Fedora 8, openSUSE 10.3, and Ubuntu 7.10. There are also some older Linux versions. Linux 1.5 AIR appears in RPM and DEB packages, so it is not difficult to install it on most Linux versions.

What do you think is that simple? In fact, installing AIR on any Linux system is troublesome. In fact, when you end with a. binfile, you will think that after the installation is complete, you only need to click the File icon (you can start running the program), then you will be wrong. Before running the AIR installation, make sure that the installation program is executable. The simplest method is to propose a terminal window to change the current working directory to the place where you download the file and type-chmod + x AdobeAIRInstaller. bin.

Can I click the icon now? Not yet. go back to shell and run:./AdobeAIRInstaller. bin again. Will you notice that you need the latest Adobe Flash version or the installation fails?

Adobe is good at hiding these details in product release instructions. When you encounter a problem and look back at these Release Notes (PDF Document), you will find that in order to use AIR beta on Linux, you need to reinstall all the AIR applications. If you run AIR on 64-bit Linux, Adobe's knowledge about AIR and 64-bit Linux should also be necessary.

In my use, I installed Linux on the 64-bit Fedora 10 sub-host. I installed it on the Gateway GT5622 notebook. it is not a very fast sub-host: 1.80 GHz Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160 processor, 3 GB DDR2 SDRAM (double-data-rate two Synchronous dynamic random access storage ), 400 gb sata ii hard drive and a dvd r/W drive. In terms of Graphics, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is used, and MB of memory is required for shared image storage.

My configuration is not high, so other people's configuration can certainly run the AIR application. It wasn't very fast at first. I thought it was because of the relationship between the notebook and found that his online application was surprisingly fast. I haven't seen a JavaScript application running faster than it on Google Chrome.

What you want Linux or any Unix operating system to do is to require a user to complete the simple task of installing a small program as a Super User. Once you do, it's easy to use this account to beat your computer every day. Unfortunately, AIR cannot do this.

Since the installation of Linux applications is generally very simple, in this case, I do not even understand why Adobe is so difficult to install AIR, and there are security risks when installing AIR and AIR applications.

AIR runs well on its own, so I will keep Google Analytics Reporting Suite permanently on my computer, so I also hope that I can recommend Adobe AIR on Linux to everyone without scruples. But considering the problems encountered during installation, I can only say that Linux experts should try AIR.