Patrick Micka

Adobe AIR 2 Beta for Linux

How To, Linux, Ubuntu

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Abobe AIR 2 hit the net recently, it boasts a large number of improvements since its predecessors release a few years ago. Though it’s still in beta I’ve not had any issues with it so far.  Continue on below for installation instructions and a list of all the new bells and whistles.

To grab a copy for yourself head over to the Adobe website and download the .deb listed there to your desktop.

Before installing, be sure to remove any previously installed version of the AIR runtime you may have on your system. Then enter the following command to install the .deb you just downloaded:

sudo dpkg -i ~/Desktop/air2_b1_runtime_lin_111709.deb

That should do it. Below is a list of AIR 2’s improvements and added features:
Support for the detection of mass storage devices.

• Advanced networking capabilities like secure sockets, UDP support, and the ability to listen on sockets.
• Support for native code integration.
• The ability to open a file with its default application.
• Multi-touch and gesture support.
• New APIs for access to raw microphone data.
• Webkit update with HTML5/CSS3 support.
• Global error handling.
• Improved cross-platform printing
• Improved security and support for enterprise and government standards.