Chris Teachworth on 9 Jul 2008 19:46:44 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] alien dmg?


Michael Leone wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Art Alexion <art.alexion@verizon.net> wrote:
>> Yet another unnecessary multimedia format....
>>
>> I want to use (repeatedly, or I wouldn't bother) a web site that uses Adobe
>> Air.  The Air package is available for Win or Mac, not Linux..
>>

Did you know about the Alpha release for linux?

http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/air_linux.html

It's not feature complete yet but it may work for you.

>> Is there a way to install or use this in gnome or KDE?  I find proprietary
>> stuff tends to have few dependencies because they tend to distribute the
>> static libraries that they need.  I google "alien dmg" and "linux alien dmg"
>> and all I get are alien skins for Mac or an Alien Invasion game.
>>
>> Any ideas (other than running it in my vm?  I have IE4Lin installed so I might
>> try the windows version under wine.
> 

I've heard people have had luck running it under wine though I haven't 
tried it myself yet.

-Chris
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