Shipping AIR for linux

You are shipping the bin which contains rpm and deb packages... But the distros which hasn't rpm/dpkg aren't allowed to install it in normal way. It needs sdk package...
Might You (Adobe developers) give us (dear users, using this technology) normal package like adobeair-sdk...it is all what we ask for. It isn't hard for You, but it can help many people. We can made from it (package like sdk) good packages for rest of distributions... which are popular too (Archlinux for example). Please don't leave it post without answer.

I second this request.

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AIR for Linux comeback

With the steam release for Linux (Ubuntu) we get a nice distribution platform for flash games.
So is there a plan for a comeback of AIR for Linux?

Hi auzenne
With AIR2, AIR runtime installers for Linux are provided as deb and rpm packages, which should take care of your requirements. Try out AIR2 beta from:
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/air2.html
-Thanks
Sundeep
AIR Team

AIR for Linux - how to disable popups during install?

During the AIR for Linux .bin install, how can we disable the two popups (that the user must select "Agree" and "Finish" on)?
Our company wants to migrate to AIR for online help but the popups need to be disabled. We'd be incorporating the AIR install into our sw builds and the sw manager will not approve until the popups are disabled.
Neglected AIR for Linux only offers .bin installs that have these two popups.(HINT HINT... Adobe please provide different AIR for Linux installations other than .bin installs.)

Hi auzenne
With AIR2, AIR runtime installers for Linux are provided as deb and rpm packages, which should take care of your requirements. Try out AIR2 beta from:
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/air2.html
-Thanks
Sundeep
AIR Team

AIR for Linux

I know this product was killed off a while ago now, but I was just wondering what the chances were of it being resurrected?
Ubuntu has recently announced Ubuntu for phones and now Ubuntu for tablets as well, and it would be awesome if I could, with relative ease, package my AIR mobile app up as a native package for it.

Hi auzenne
With AIR2, AIR runtime installers for Linux are provided as deb and rpm packages, which should take care of your requirements. Try out AIR2 beta from:
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/air2.html
-Thanks
Sundeep
AIR Team

Air 3 for Linux

i m trying to get my hand on Air3 runtime for Linux, as it fixes a lot of graphic refresh issues, i know Adobe do not support it but i thought third parties did.
This link says it does but it's actually 2.6
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Adobe-AIR-Runtime-for-Linux/1258475419/3
We use Adobe Robohelp do generate Airhelp and our 500 + employees are all using Linux.
I have no problem with Adobe stopping further Air for Linux dev... But they could at least let us package the runtime rpm ourselves...
The press release mentionned that only 1 percent of their Air runtime download was for Linux ! They forgot to mention that this 1 percent was their largest clients.
We use to download 1 rpm, and later on installed it on 500 machines...
Will the Air source code only accessible to mobile partners ?
Thanks much
Thomas

Hi Thomas,
I don't have any new AIR Linux information to give out, but I'd suggest reposting this over on the AIR blog. I'll also ping our PM team to see if they have anything new that might help.
Chris

Oracle 8i for Linux shipping date

I want it so bad I can taste it!
Does anybody have any shipping dates for Linux version of
Oracle 8i?
Thanks.
I know they said end of June, well this is almost end
of June. :)
Mubashir
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Direct from my rep:
I forgot to add my Linux research in my prior note. 8i on
Linux is due July 5th. Don't know if that means we'll be able to
get a CD shipped by then; more likely discs hit Oracle
Manufacturing a couple weeks later.
Mubashir (guest) wrote:
: I want it so bad I can taste it!
: Does anybody have any shipping dates for Linux version of
: Oracle 8i?
: Thanks.
: I know they said end of June, well this is almost end
: of June. :)
: Mubashir
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Oracle8i for Linux Release announcement

I received a copy of this Oracle marketing announcement today:
The Linux tidal wave continues and Oracle is right at the
forefront. We have
been experiencing tremendous demand on Linux since Oracle8 was
announced for
that platform last October. Over 50,000 developers have
downloaded Oracle8
for Linux from Oracle Technology Network (OTN) since March, with
the first
20,000 coming in just the first 10 days! We now have over 800
paying
customers with over half the orders coming from enterprise
accounts and most
of the remainder orders from mid-sized businesses.
This week Oracle is announcing the shipping of Oracle8i for
Linux. Already,
20,000 developers have registered for early access. With new
internet
technologies like Java and XML built right into Oracle8i for
Linux, this
release promises to be the hottest yet.
Read on for more information about:
- What are we announcing?
- What are the key messages?
- What is the pricing for Oracle8i on Linux?
- Why does Oracle care about Linux?
- Who are Oracle's major Linux Partners?
- Which products are available on Linux?
- Who is driving the Oracle on Linux effort and what are we
doing?
- Where to find more information about Oracle on Linux?
What are we announcing?
Oracle is announcing today that it has been receiving extremely
strong demand
for its Linux based products over the past quarter and is also
shipping
Oracle8i for Linux to manufacturing.
What are the key messages?
Linux represents the ultimate commodity operating system -- its
fast, reliable
and almost free! Businesses can now spend their time focusing on
the higher
value software they buy to run their businesses (such as
databases and applications).
With over 800 customers paying for Oracle on Linux, Linux is
progressing from
its roots as a student and developer operating system to a viable
deployment
environment in large business.
Oracle has the best database on Linux. With over 50,000 people
using Oracle8
and over 20,000 people registered through Oracle Technology
Network (OTN) for
Oracle8i, Oracle is the overwhelming choice for the Linux
operating system.
What is the pricing for Oracle8i on Linux?
Pricing of Oracle8i on Linux follows the standard Oracle price
list (see
http://appsweb.us.oracle.com/amapp/). Linux may be a freeware
operating
system, but Oracle on Linux is not free. Oracle does offer
developer licenses
through Oracle Technology Network (OTN) which allows developers
to use Oracle
software for non-commercial use.
Why does Oracle care about Linux?
Linux is hot! It is rapidly becoming the preferred platform for
small ISP's
and is used extensively by many of the internet's largest portal
sites. For
Oracle, Linux is the fastest growing operating system, growing at
three times
that of WindowsNT. Oracle on Linux presents customers a viable
low-cost, yet
highly stable alternative to WindowsNT. That said, with 46% of
the NT market,
Oracle is also the best selling database on NT!
Oracle now has over 800 customers on Linux. This statistic alone
strongly
contradicts the common perception that Linux is solely used by
students and
developers. Linux has already established a foothold in many
Fortune 100
companies and although deployments are still currently small
compared to NT
and Solaris, they are accelerating rapidly.
Which products are available on Linux?
Currently available on Linux are:
- Oracle8.0.5 Standard and Enterprise Edition
- Oracle8i Release 8.1.5
- Oracle Application Server 4.0.7 (40 Bit)
- Oracle Application Server 3.0.2 (40 Bit)
- Oracle WebDB 2.0.5.6.1
Who are Oracle's major Linux Partners?
Redhat Software - Linux distributors. Oracle has also made an
equity
investment in RedHat. (http://www.redhat.com)
Caldera System - Linux distributors. Novell spin-off, focus
primarily on
enterprise customers. (http://www.caldera.com)
Turbolinux - Linux distributor. Has a mostly Asia presence.
(http://www.turbolinux.com)
VA Linux Systems - Hardware vendor, making Linux systems.
(http://www.linux.com)
Linuxcare - Linux support provider. (http://www.linuxcare.com)
Who is driving the Oracle on Linux effort?
There are two teams within Oracle working closely to drive the
Oracle strategy
and goals on Linux: Internet Platform Marketing and the Linux SBU
(Strategic
Business Unit).
Where to find more information about Oracle on Linux?
Internal: http://worldwide-marketing.us.oracle.com/iPlatform
External: http://platforms.oracle.com/linux
http://technet.oracle.com
Email [email protected]
Contacts: Hongwei Lu ([email protected])
David Lee ([email protected])
Press Release
ORACLE CAPITALIZES ON ENTERPRISE DEMAND FOR LINUX OFFERINGS WITH
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF ORACLE8i ON LINUX
Early Adopters Programs Draws Nearly 20,000 Developers
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., July 19, 1999--Oracle Corporation, the
number one
choice for e-business, today announced dramatic growth and demand
for Oracle
on Linux with strong adoption in both enterprise and general
business markets.
Oracle also announced the general availability of Oracle8i on
Linux, after a
successful early adopter's program.
Since Oracle Corp. announced Oracle8 on Linux, there have been
over 50,000
downloads from Oracle Technology Network
(http://technet.oracle.com/ ). Now,
after the announcement of Oracle8i, there have been nearly 20,000
registrants
for early access in the first few weeks. Outside the development
community,
Oracle has also seen overwhelming customer adoption with an
excess of 800
paying customers today -- over half of these orders from
enterprise accounts
and the remainder from small to mid-sized businesses and
organizations.
"Until the availability of Oracle database on Linux, we either
had to rely on
NT or use one of the shareware database servers available for
Linux," says
Jonathan August, President and CEO of Internection, Inc., a
company providing
customized Internet services solutions to businesses, including
web hosting
and e-commerce solutions. "Neither solution provided us the
security,
performance, manageability or reliability required by our
customers. Oracle
brings enterprise credibility and robustness to our products. As
a result,
we've gained access to customers ranging from small businesses to
Fortune 100
enterprises like Prudential and Pfizer. Our total revenue since
the addition
of Oracle on Linux has increased by 250%."
"Oracle on Linux combines enterprise level reliability,
scalability and
performance with a free, robust and well-supported operating
system," says
Nick Marden, technical director of e-commerce, Xoom.com, and
e-commerce
service provider. "It enables Xoom.com to better understand our
members'
needs and respond to them quickly. Oracle on Linux represents an
extraordinary value and it gets the job done."
"Oracle is committed to bringing superior technology to the Linux
community,"
says Chuck Rozwat, senior vice president of Server Technologies
at Oracle.
"Oracle8i on Linux comes with both Java and XML built right in.
Together they
offer the most cost-effective way to deploy scalable Internet
applications."
Oracle8i is the first and only database specifically designed for
the
Internet. Oracle8i extends Oracle's long-standing technology
leadership in
the areas of data management, transaction processing and data
warehousing to
the new medium of the Internet. Oracle8i is the centerpiece of
Oracle's
Internet Platform, which also includes Oracle Application Server
and Oracle's
Internet development tools.
Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of software
for information
management, and the world's second largest software company.
With annual
revenues of more than $8.8 billion, the company offers its
database,
application server, tools and application products, along with
related
consulting, education and support services, in more than 145
countries around
the world.
For more information about Oracle, please call 650/506-7000.
Oracle's World
Wide Web address is (URL) http://www.oracle.com/.
Trademarks
Oracle is a registered trademark and Oracle8i is a trademark or
registered
trademark of Oracle corporation. Other names may be trademarks
of their
respective owners.
Oracle Worldwide Marketing
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Yeah, I got a couple of those....but if you go to Oracle, there
is nothing about it, and nothing new on the OTN download...
We can hope...
DAVID
Jamie Kinney (guest) wrote:
: I received a copy of this Oracle marketing announcement today:
: The Linux tidal wave continues and Oracle is right at the
: forefront. We have
: been experiencing tremendous demand on Linux since Oracle8 was
: announced for
: that platform last October. Over 50,000 developers have
: downloaded Oracle8
: for Linux from Oracle Technology Network (OTN) since March,
with
: the first
: 20,000 coming in just the first 10 days! We now have over 800
: paying
: customers with over half the orders coming from enterprise
: accounts and most
: of the remainder orders from mid-sized businesses.
: This week Oracle is announcing the shipping of Oracle8i for
: Linux. Already,
: 20,000 developers have registered for early access. With new
: internet
: technologies like Java and XML built right into Oracle8i for
: Linux, this
: release promises to be the hottest yet.
: Read on for more information about:
: - What are we announcing?
: - What are the key messages?
: - What is the pricing for Oracle8i on Linux?
: - Why does Oracle care about Linux?
: - Who are Oracle's major Linux Partners?
: - Which products are available on Linux?
: - Who is driving the Oracle on Linux effort and what are we
: doing?
: - Where to find more information about Oracle on Linux?
: What are we announcing?
: Oracle is announcing today that it has been receiving extremely
: strong demand
: for its Linux based products over the past quarter and is also
: shipping
: Oracle8i for Linux to manufacturing.
: What are the key messages?
: Linux represents the ultimate commodity operating system -- its
: fast, reliable
: and almost free! Businesses can now spend their time focusing
on
: the higher
: value software they buy to run their businesses (such as
: databases and applications).
: With over 800 customers paying for Oracle on Linux, Linux is
: progressing from
: its roots as a student and developer operating system to a
viable
: deployment
: environment in large business.
: Oracle has the best database on Linux. With over 50,000 people
: using Oracle8
: and over 20,000 people registered through Oracle Technology
: Network (OTN) for
: Oracle8i, Oracle is the overwhelming choice for the Linux
: operating system.
: What is the pricing for Oracle8i on Linux?
: Pricing of Oracle8i on Linux follows the standard Oracle price
: list (see
: http://appsweb.us.oracle.com/amapp/). Linux may be a freeware
: operating
: system, but Oracle on Linux is not free. Oracle does offer
: developer licenses
: through Oracle Technology Network (OTN) which allows developers
: to use Oracle
: software for non-commercial use.
: Why does Oracle care about Linux?
: Linux is hot! It is rapidly becoming the preferred platform
for
: small ISP's
: and is used extensively by many of the internet's largest
portal
: sites. For
: Oracle, Linux is the fastest growing operating system, growing
at
: three times
: that of WindowsNT. Oracle on Linux presents customers a viable
: low-cost, yet
: highly stable alternative to WindowsNT. That said, with 46% of
: the NT market,
: Oracle is also the best selling database on NT!
: Oracle now has over 800 customers on Linux. This statistic
alone
: strongly
: contradicts the common perception that Linux is solely used by
: students and
: developers. Linux has already established a foothold in many
: Fortune 100
: companies and although deployments are still currently small
: compared to NT
: and Solaris, they are accelerating rapidly.
: Which products are available on Linux?
: Currently available on Linux are:
: - Oracle8.0.5 Standard and Enterprise Edition
: - Oracle8i Release 8.1.5
: - Oracle Application Server 4.0.7 (40 Bit)
: - Oracle Application Server 3.0.2 (40 Bit)
: - Oracle WebDB 2.0.5.6.1
: Who are Oracle's major Linux Partners?
: Redhat Software - Linux distributors. Oracle has also made an
: equity
: investment in RedHat. (http://www.redhat.com)
: Caldera System - Linux distributors. Novell spin-off, focus
: primarily on
: enterprise customers. (http://www.caldera.com)
: Turbolinux - Linux distributor. Has a mostly Asia presence.
: (http://www.turbolinux.com)
: VA Linux Systems - Hardware vendor, making Linux systems.
: (http://www.linux.com)
: Linuxcare - Linux support provider. (http://www.linuxcare.com)
: Who is driving the Oracle on Linux effort?
: There are two teams within Oracle working closely to drive the
: Oracle strategy
: and goals on Linux: Internet Platform Marketing and the Linux
SBU
: (Strategic
: Business Unit).
: Where to find more information about Oracle on Linux?
: Internal: http://worldwide-marketing.us.oracle.com/iPlatform
: External: http://platforms.oracle.com/linux
: http://technet.oracle.com
: Email [email protected]
: Contacts: Hongwei Lu ([email protected])
: David Lee ([email protected])
: Press Release
: ORACLE CAPITALIZES ON ENTERPRISE DEMAND FOR LINUX OFFERINGS
WITH
: ANNOUNCEMENT
: OF ORACLE8i ON LINUX
: Early Adopters Programs Draws Nearly 20,000 Developers
: REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., July 19, 1999--Oracle Corporation, the
: number one
: choice for e-business, today announced dramatic growth and
demand
: for Oracle
: on Linux with strong adoption in both enterprise and general
: business markets.
: Oracle also announced the general availability of Oracle8i on
: Linux, after a
: successful early adopter's program.
: Since Oracle Corp. announced Oracle8 on Linux, there have been
: over 50,000
: downloads from Oracle Technology Network
: (http://technet.oracle.com/ ). Now,
: after the announcement of Oracle8i, there have been nearly
20,000
: registrants
: for early access in the first few weeks. Outside the
development
: community,
: Oracle has also seen overwhelming customer adoption with an
: excess of 800
: paying customers today -- over half of these orders from
: enterprise accounts
: and the remainder from small to mid-sized businesses and
: organizations.
: "Until the availability of Oracle database on Linux, we either
: had to rely on
: NT or use one of the shareware database servers available for
: Linux," says
: Jonathan August, President and CEO of Internection, Inc., a
: company providing
: customized Internet services solutions to businesses, including
: web hosting
: and e-commerce solutions. "Neither solution provided us the
: security,
: performance, manageability or reliability required by our
: customers. Oracle
: brings enterprise credibility and robustness to our products.
As
: a result,
: we've gained access to customers ranging from small businesses
to
: Fortune 100
: enterprises like Prudential and Pfizer. Our total revenue
since
: the addition
: of Oracle on Linux has increased by 250%."
: "Oracle on Linux combines enterprise level reliability,
: scalability and
: performance with a free, robust and well-supported operating
: system," says
: Nick Marden, technical director of e-commerce, Xoom.com, and
: e-commerce
: service provider. "It enables Xoom.com to better understand
our
: members'
: needs and respond to them quickly. Oracle on Linux represents
an
: extraordinary value and it gets the job done."
: "Oracle is committed to bringing superior technology to the
Linux
: community,"
: says Chuck Rozwat, senior vice president of Server Technologies
: at Oracle.
: "Oracle8i on Linux comes with both Java and XML built right in.
: Together they
: offer the most cost-effective way to deploy scalable Internet
: applications."
: Oracle8i is the first and only database specifically designed
for
: the
: Internet. Oracle8i extends Oracle's long-standing technology
: leadership in
: the areas of data management, transaction processing and data
: warehousing to
: the new medium of the Internet. Oracle8i is the centerpiece of
: Oracle's
: Internet Platform, which also includes Oracle Application
Server
: and Oracle's
: Internet development tools.
: Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of software
: for information
: management, and the world's second largest software company.
: With annual
: revenues of more than $8.8 billion, the company offers its
: database,
: application server, tools and application products, along with
: related
: consulting, education and support services, in more than 145
: countries around
: the world.
: For more information about Oracle, please call 650/506-7000.
: Oracle's World
: Wide Web address is (URL) http://www.oracle.com/.
: Trademarks
: Oracle is a registered trademark and Oracle8i is a trademark or
: registered
: trademark of Oracle corporation. Other names may be trademarks
: of their
: respective owners.
: Oracle Worldwide Marketing
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Photshop for Linux? It is time...

Hi
I really hope this is not a stupid question, but are there any future plans to release a version of Photoshop for Linux?
Why I ask is that the only reason a lot of us keep Windows is to run Photoshop.
Running it inside Linux Wine is very unstable and the fonts are almost unreadable.

I understand the time you wasted to write this post, you are correct with all the different libraries that would needed to be created with working with different distros however you do not understand that a company would be working direct with the community of the distros to diffuse this problem. No biggy! You say 98% pirated, Wake up to reality man it's 2011, man back long time ago when they brought out the megaphone, Vinyl's oh the Vinyl's recorder, Tapes, oh the tape recorder, stupid companies all had your theory omg everything will be pirated, all sales will drop. you waste your breathe complaining how much effort it would require to make the port but it's not hard, Like any software it can be ported just like any other software can. Adobe is being purchased anyway so your complaining has gone down the drain Just my 2 cents.
YOU do not understand. Work with the "community of distros to diffuse this problem?"   OK. First thing, the distros ARE the problem. The fact that there are 8 zillion distros each shipping different flavours of linux is the whole fragmentation issue in the first place.   The mere fact that you don't understand that is another problem. Linux users don't realize that they've been shooting themselves in the foot for 16 years, instead they blame the boogeyman Microsoft. Would you want to go into a business with a bunch of cognitively dissonant idealists? Would you bet your company's slim profit margin on them? A bunch of people in that other thread don't even understand the difference between revenues and profits.   Revenue is completely irrelevant, profit is what matters. This is econ 101 stuff. Did you note how Chris said "I don't see that there is even an understanding of the problems here". He means you. The fact that you think having 800 distros is a good thing. They all come with the same software but are different in all the ways that matter to software developers. Things are made much much more difficult than they need to be, for no real advantages at all.
Second thing, working with the community never produces anything positive. You clearly have a very different view of the linux software development community, than the reality of the situtation.   There is a ton of infighting and people with huge egos. Everyone thinks they know the right way to do things, and generally when there's a disagreement the standard response is "well screw you! I'll just fork you or go start my own project!" This furthers the fragmentation issue, and makes companies loathe to get into Linux development.    Look at Miguel de Icaza, that guy founded GNOME (one of the biggest free software projects), he has given more to the community than probably anyone else on earth, and he can't go 2 days without someone picking a fight with him. He is constantly at odds with Richard Stallman and others. This is just one example, the KDE and Gnome guys don't get along. Nobody agrees on what sound or graphics stacks to use. X11 has been rotting for 25 years with minimal development. The Linux Standards Base has been around for 10 years and done exactly zero. You say this is okay because it gives users more choice, but these are stupid choices that nobody wants to make (choose your sound stack? sounds like fun), especially not developers. Adobe can make a choice too, they can choose it's not worth it getting into bed with Linux.
What problems has the community solved thus far? Linux can't even ship a standardized desktop stack, there are bugs that have been around forever, there are core subsystems that have been neglected for years. Stuff that Adobe NEEDS to ship PS for linux, like fonts and colours.   You think Adobe wants to start submitting patches to the kernel and glibc and KDE and stuff? They want to deal with a bunch of touchy developers who have a proven track record of failure and willful ignorance, a history of opposition to commercial software, who can't get along with each other, and have no monetary incentive to listen to Adobe (nor any incentive to include their fixes)?      The open source and Linux community has very very few successes, even stuff like openoffice and firefox were originally commercial software (staroffice and netscape, respectively) that was given to the community by generous companies.
Furthermore, distros have a history of BREAKING other peoples' software. Look at flash. Adobe gives flash to the linux community (when they have no financial incentive to do so, very altruistic), distros break it with patches and library/API mismatches, everyone starts saying blah adobe sucks they hate linux, etc etc.   Look at the debian SSL debacle.   A maintainer with no software developer expertise effectively crippled SSH security for everyone who uses Debian, because his debugger was giving him warnings and he commented out code until it went away. Yeah, I totally want to give these people more software.
Look at ATI. The 'community' begs them for years to release an open source driver so they can hack on it. What happens? ATI releases their driver sources, "The community" produces a lousy driver, ATI gets a bad rep for not working nice with linux and everyone says go use NVIDIA cards and their stable (closed source) drivers. Getting into Linux is lose/lose.
People in that other thread say they are willing to do anything to get photoshop on Linux. This is a boldfaced lie. What if I said the only way to get PS on Linux is to eliminate all distros and build a standardized Linux from a set of core libraries that are guaranteed to retain certain APIs.   The Linux community would whine and complain that they need 'choice' and 'competition'.   Like I said, you can have your choice but you will not have Photoshop, other commercial software, or marketshare worth talking about.   Clearly you will not do whatever it takes. This is REALITY, not magical free software land where the rules of capitalism do not apply.   You cannot selectively ignore evidence that you disagree with and expect people to take you seriously.
It's willful ignorance to pretend that Linux PS would not be extensively pirated. Chris mentionned he speaks regularly to other companies that produce linux software, and he said that they confirm Adobe's marketing studies.   I would bet dollars to donuts the guys who write linux software witness overwhelming piracy rates.   Piracy is a big big problem in general, and the fact that you scoff it off speaks to your ignorance of market realities. If people are stealing your software it cuts into your bottom line and causes legitimate users to have to pay more to cover the costs of development. It's called the free rider problem.   Software development already has razor thin margins as it is. Why do you think there are so many more console games than PC games these days, and PC is almost an afterthought as a port? The money is in console development, and one of the biggest reasons is piracy. If you ask anyone from industry they will agree. If you ask anyone from the linux community they will pull backwards arguments out of their butts. Who do I trust here?   And do I want to sell products to people who think that piracy is OK and no big deal?
You say it's 2011, but you are stuck in 1997, when Linux was last relevant.   You and most other Linux users live in a different reality than the rest of us. You probably don't even have a good reason for using linux anyway but you use it because either: a) you want to be special and unique based on what software you use or b) you hate microsoft for vague reasons.   Wake up, and get over it. Windows is actually a really really good OS.   If you're not using MS because of the price, you think Adobe should sell their 1000$ software suite to people too stingy to drop 150$ for windows? Yeah. Good luck with that.
If you think Android will save Linux, dream on. Google takes what they want from Linux and ignores the rest. Like the ENTIRE DESKTOP STACK. Smart move, because the entire desktop userland for linux is in a terrible state. Android apps will not run on linux, and won't ever. Most people who use android don't care about Linux, if they've even heard of it at all. In fact google submitted their changes for android back to the kernel community (as they are obligated to under the GPL) and nobody did anything with it. It didn't get integrated into the kernel, the patches just rotted until they fell out of the kernel source tree. Oh yeah, and the main dev for GlibC started whining about google not helping the community enough. They followed the GPL, what more do you want? More more more more more!
I have no idea if Adobe is being bought out and I guarantee you Chris can't comment on it (company policy), but a bit of googling shows that the most recent activity for such things is a potential buyout from Microsoft.   So MS is going to port PS to Linux once they buy Adobe?   Even if it's another company, do you think the first thing they will do is embark on an unprofitable venture?   OK, then whoever buys Adobe will go the way of Sun Microsystems.
On top of all this, Adobe is not the most important software to improve Linux adoption. If you guys really want more people to Linux (which, be honest, is your ultimate motivation here), you should go bother Apple to port iTunes. I don't care for that software personally, but it is by far the biggest obstacle to Linux adoption. Get iTunes ported and you might have some crack at becoming a real player in the OS world.

Adobe air for android development in linux?

So, I'm shifting to a linux and I heard that adobe air does not support sdk 2.7 and higher! is that true for mobile app creations also or just .air packages? will I be able to compile android projects required adobe air 3.1 or 3.2 because I am building with Starling and I need newer adobe air runtimes... Please let me know. and will you please be able to tell me what software, IDE, I need to install on my linux to be able to package my .apk files on a linux?
Thanks,
Hadi

I need linux to package the apk for me because I will be changeing some files like some xml files in the bin folder and then I need the new files repackaged again... the linux will be used as a server side packaging for us... get the idea?
I've been using 3.0 in the xml namespace and it created "app.air" for me on the linux! I know I must put the -target apk to the "adt" call but when I set the -target method, it throws many errors!

When might Oracle 8i server ship for Linux.

I am trying to find out when the Oracle 8i database for Linux
might ship. I am looking for the standard server not enterprise
edition.
thanks, jim
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Joseph Heil (guest) wrote:
: Jim Walski (guest) wrote:
: : I am trying to find out when the Oracle 8i database for Linux
: : might ship. I am looking for the standard server not
: enterprise
: : edition.
: : thanks, jim
: It is rumored to be in June sometime.
It was rumored to be in May sometime too...
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Problem with CD-Rom Mount point ( Oracle 8.1.5 for Linux )

I try to create database using dbassist ( copy from CD method
But I receive error message about "Can not detect CD-ROM'.
Where should I use as my CD-Rom muont point ?
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Mubashir (guest) wrote:
: End of June? In the mean time we got to deal with older
version
: that you have to go through an 84 process long install
procedure
: to get working. Life stinks.
: Mubashir
: Michael (guest) wrote:
: : Hi Vladimir,
: : the new shipping announcement for Oracle 8i for Linux is now
: end
: : of June. When Oracle 8i on Linux is available, I'm sure you
can
: : download it from technet.
: : Stay tuned.
: : Best regards Michael
: : Vladimir Borkovkin (guest) wrote:
: : : HI,
: : : Oracle promised that shipping of Oracle 8.1.5 for Linux
will
: : : begin last week of May. It is neary middle of June, but we
: have
: : : no CD shipping. Fathermore, there is no information abaut
: delay
: : : time.
: : : Best regards,
: : : Vladimir
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Oracle 8.1.5 for Linux-where!?

HI,
Oracle promised that shipping of Oracle 8.1.5 for Linux will
begin last week of May. It is neary middle of June, but we have
no CD shipping. Fathermore, there is no information abaut delay
time.
Best regards,
Vladimir
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Mubashir (guest) wrote:
: End of June? In the mean time we got to deal with older
version
: that you have to go through an 84 process long install
procedure
: to get working. Life stinks.
: Mubashir
: Michael (guest) wrote:
: : Hi Vladimir,
: : the new shipping announcement for Oracle 8i for Linux is now
: end
: : of June. When Oracle 8i on Linux is available, I'm sure you
can
: : download it from technet.
: : Stay tuned.
: : Best regards Michael
: : Vladimir Borkovkin (guest) wrote:
: : : HI,
: : : Oracle promised that shipping of Oracle 8.1.5 for Linux
will
: : : begin last week of May. It is neary middle of June, but we
: have
: : : no CD shipping. Fathermore, there is no information abaut
: delay
: : : time.
: : : Best regards,
: : : Vladimir
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Trying to use 10G for linux

Two Problems
1. I downloaded 10 for linux,
used gunzip
Now I am at ship.db.cpio
I ran cpio -idmv ship.db.cpio
The command never stoped, what did I do wrong ???
Next problem
The 10G for linux state:
I need to change on my linux computer,
sysctl.conf, pam.d/login, limits.conf, profile
There all read only files,
What do I need to do ????
I am using Red hat linux EP. rev 3 newest one.

1. Use cpio -idmv <ship.db.cpio
sysctl.conf, pam.d/login, limits.conf, profileThese are system files : you have to login as root to modify them, or su - root if you are already connected as another user.

Native Extension for Linux

Hi,
I'd like to explore the posibility to create a navite extension for AIR/Linux. I haven't found documentation on how to do it. Is this already supported in version 3?
I want to create a serial port communication extension for AIR.
Can some one please confirm is this is possible at this point? and if so point me in the right direction.
Thanks,

AIR isn't supported on desktop Linux anymore. AIR 2.6 is the last supported version, so native extensions are not possible on Linux. You can find this announcement buried in this article: http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2011/06/adobe-air-and-linux-increasing-distribution-on- devices.html

AIR for iOS: How can I distribute for only Retina Displays?

I am nearing completion of an app I have designed for iOS and tested on my iPhone 4. I bought a 2nd gen iPhone so I could test on both screen resolutions (320x480 and 640x960) before discovering AIR for iOS does not support very old iOS devices (I believe the rule is it must be iOS 4+).
My question is how is distribution handled if the app will not run on these older models? Wouldn't people with a 2nd gen iPhone still have access to an app that I publish via AIR for iOS and then be angry when it is not supported on their device? Has anyone run into this issue?

AIR 2.5+ requires iPhone 3GS+ to run. It's based on the CPU inside that
device and newer which includes a NEON SIMD coprocessor - a requirement
of newer AIR builds on all platforms (newer than PFI/AIR 2.0, which
shipped with Flash Pro CS5.0).
There should be a "resolution" drop down in the AIR for iOS Settings
dialog, if you updated your PFI in CS5.0 or upgraded to CS5.5. You can
select "High" to get iPhone retina display support. This will not enable
iPad 3 retina support though.
Kevin N.
Edit: I didn't make it clear that the device requirements are set in your app, and enforced by the App Store - users on old devices will never see your AIR apps in their app store, and if they link into the App Store, they'll get an explaination of why they can't install the app (it'll be either the OpenGL ES 2.0 requirement, or the CPU requirement - it's similar to if you try to install an iPad only app on an iPhone). Android actually works the same way - old/cheap ARMv6 device users will not see your ARMv7 requiring app in their Google Play/Marketplace app.

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