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Worldwide Computer Products News, Dec 19, 2008
Worldwide Computer Products News-19 December 2008-Adobe introduces Adobe AIR 1.5 for Linux(C)1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
Software company Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced on Thursday (18 December) the general availability of Adobe AIR 1.5 software for Linux operating systems.
According to the company, Adobe AIR 1.5, a key component of the Adobe Flash Platform, allows web developers to use HTML, JavaScript, ActionScript and the free, open source Flex framework to deliver web applications outside the browser. With the announcement, developers can use AIR 1.5 to create software applications that are available on Linux, in addition to the Windows and Mac operating systems.
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AIR 1.5 offers functionality introduced in Adobe Flash Player 10, such as support for custom filters and effects, native 3D transformation and animation, and extensible rich text layout. In addition, it incorporates the open source WebKit HTML engine and now accelerates application performance with 'SquirrelFish,' the new WebKit JavaScript interpreter. The solution also includes a new, encrypted database that meets enterprise security compliance requirements while storing data more securely on customers' computers, the company said.
Adobe AIR 1.5 for Linux is available as a free download at http://get.adobe.com/air/. The Linux version of the solution includes support for Fedora 8, Ubuntu 7.10 and openSUSE 10.3. The Adobe AIR 1.5 for Linux software development kit is also available free of charge.
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