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8 Useful Adobe AIR Applications That Work In Linux

makeuseof.com — While we have previously covered some of the cool AIR applications, most of them are meant for the Windows/Mac platform. For Linux users who are constantly looking for AIR applications, here is a list of 8 useful AIR applications that we have tested and found them to be working in Linux.

Who dugg this? Made popular Aug 7, 2008

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  • elmargol, on 08/07/2008, -0/+3The problem is Adobe AIR for Linux is still alpha. Not every feature is supported jet!
  • inactive, on 08/07/2008, -0/+3Almost every app works on linux because it has beta version of air.
  • scooterfish, on 08/07/2008, -0/+2Being useless on "a big percentage of Linux boxes" has nothing to do with the computers being 64 bit. (where do you get your information regarding a large % of linux desktop computers being 64 bit?)
    What makes Adobe AIR useless on linux is that it's in Alpha and only supports the 1.0 framework.
    When it's up to par with the Mac & Windows release (1.1/1.2 framework) THEN it will be truly useful

    Oh, and if you would learn how to use the googlenet you'd see there ARE solutions to getting AIR apps to run on 64 bit linux.
  • Kingoftherings, on 08/07/2008, -1/+3I thought all AIR apps worked in Linux. I haven't tried it in Linux, but in Windows you just download a .air file and AIR installs it, so I figured they'd all work the same.
  • inactive, on 08/11/2008, -0/+2The fact that it's more bloatware to install, the apps are all useless and uninteresting, and it doesn't do anything that Java can't. Also, the "exact same version" *isn't* being shipped simultaneously on all OS's. That's the whole damn point of the article, idiot.
  • inactive, on 08/07/2008, -0/+1Where was twihrl!?! It also works very well. (just black borders around it, if you use black theme you cant see them)
  • possum21, on 08/07/2008, -0/+1Some sweet apps there. Especially AirTube Downloader and UVLayer, very cool.
  • inactive, on 08/11/2008, -0/+1Does anyone even have this damn thing installed on their computer?
  • slugicide, on 08/07/2008, -0/+1Did you see this in the comments:
    "WebKut is cool…but if you’re running compiz, you already have it. Windows (super) + left mouse click and drag, you can highlight any part of your screen at any time and it’ll create an image of the selected area (png) on your desktop. i use this ALLL the time. best feat evar."
  • wazzledoozle2, on 08/07/2008, -0/+1All of those apps are useless.
  • scooterfish, on 08/07/2008, -0/+1Posty works, too.
    Only thing irritating is the alpha's lack of credential storage. Having to enter username and password each time an app is run gets old fast.
    If the devs would make it so that the info can be hardcoded in to an xml file, that'd be spiffy.
  • supermanred, on 08/07/2008, -0/+1Yeah, pretty much. They're like apps if apps were useless. Adobe air. It's like a fart in a windstorm.
  • supermanred, on 08/07/2008, -0/+1You're not missing much. It sucks in OS X and Windows.
  • mahler, on 08/07/2008, -0/+1Actually "Vagina" is "vagina" in Dutch, "kut" is equivalent to "*****".
  • dilbert, on 08/08/2008, -0/+1It always takes a ***** Dutchman to show he know best.
  • inactive, on 08/07/2008, -0/+1Wow an adobe product that actually works in Linux? It's taken me 6 months getting the flash plugin to work. I'm not joking.
  • inactive, on 08/07/2008, -0/+0Actually, it only uses 5%-10% of cpu, so it wont do that unless you have ***** computer.
  • supermanred, on 08/07/2008, -0/+0Hopefully not unless the apps are better. No incentive for coders to write good apps for it, very poorly laid out distribution (you have to navigate to Adobe's site)

    If Adobe Air installed a central hub (An Air icon in my menu bar / start bar etc) that I could find and install programs from, that would be cool... kind of like a steam for desktop toys.
  • dougle, on 08/07/2008, -0/+0I wouldn't say useless, but there are some nicer native apps.

    Flash player sends my cpu to 100°C, i can only imagine what AIR would do. No thanks Adobe, i'll do the same in C++
  • andywebb95, on 08/07/2008, -0/+0This is news now, I guess. But hopefully sometime in the future AIR will be as ubiquitous as Java.
    On a side note when did the captcha get added to comments?! It is a little annoying imho. And does Digg have a comment bot problem?
  • WoollyMittens, on 08/07/2008, -0/+0Hmmm... I had been wondering if anyone actually made any air apps. Personally I think the installer is a pain in the !@#@. But why not the "tank strategy strip the bunny naked game"? http://www.lolitalapine.nl/details.php?id=tank-o-f ...


  • supermanred, on 08/07/2008, -0/+0If Digg had a "Take A ***** On User's Story" button, I would use it on the stories that people who spam other threads post. Like yours, I would definitely take a dump on yours.
  • inactive, on 08/11/2008, -0/+0I've noticed that Digg adds the captcha occasionally for short periods of time
  • inactive, on 08/11/2008, -0/+0***** you.
  • ilgaz, on 08/07/2008, -0/+0They have re-invent the wheel or "fix already working thing" syndrome. It happens ;)
  • ilgaz, on 08/08/2008, -1/+1Being called idiot for stating my comment proves my point, thank you. Have a nice time with your Silverlight Clone coded by Novell monkeys.

  • shinkou, on 08/07/2008, -0/+0Adobe AIR... I would give it a try if I had some spare CPUs to cook. Those "cool" applications don't seem to be that unique afterall...

    1. TweetDeck - it seems to be the most interesting among the 8, but since I'm not a big tweeter, it doesn't mean much to me. I would appreciate a much simpler standalone client with smaller footprint on system resources.

    2. WebKut - huh? Why should I need it when I can do the same thing right in my browser? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/340 ...

    3. Snackr - this is the stupidest of all! My precious desktop space is not for RSS!!! Yes, you can hide it away, but then, where is the point?

    4. Xdrive Desktop Lite - if I had an AOL account...

    5. AirTube Video Downloader - again... Firefox FTW! https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/300 ...

    6. Destroy Flickr - I would recommend this website instead. http://www.flickrleech.net/

    7. Klok - a time management application? How's it different from a scheduler?

    8. UVLayer - this is the one which is most likely to cook my CPU. I may be one of the minority who still own and use a CPU which runs barely at 1GHz, but I don't wanna file any report to Adobe / the author when my system crashes.
  • canphaz, on 08/07/2008, -0/+0i hate spammers
  • dkdevine, on 08/07/2008, -0/+0Won't install on my distro. AIR is worthless. Guess everyone is using rpm/deb distros eh?
  • nexusza, on 08/12/2008, -0/+0No. Downloaded the .bin file, chmod +x it and just run it (./adobeair.......) and it installs beautifully.
  • antdude, on 08/07/2008, -0/+0I did and then uninstalled it. Not enough contents.
  • Lollerskater, on 08/07/2008, -0/+0I'm using Snackr right now and let me say that if you have the desktop space to spare it is an excellent way to discover articles from a huge collection of RSS feeds.
  • BatmanStan, on 12/18/2008, -0/+0adobe air make building cross platform apps so easy to build, it is amazing

    http://godzillafiguresblog.com
  • dilbert, on 08/07/2008, -1/+0Laughed about WebKut as "kut" is vagina in Dutch.
  • inactive, on 08/07/2008, -1/+0Adobe AIR = yet another nail in the coffin of internet.
  • supermanred, on 08/07/2008, -1/+0Other than the Digg app, and even that one is lame compared to Diggeriffic on my iphone, or you know, actually using a browser to browse to Digg.com.... all the Adobe Air apps suck.

    I tried the guitar tab one, and it doesnt pull up any of my favorite guitar tabs in the My Tabs section... completely useless.

    I am uninstalling the whole lot of it... Good luck with that Adobe.... I have more usefull Widgets in my Dashboard...
  • leozh, on 08/07/2008, -2/+0Am I missing something or does AIR completely not work for x86_64 in Linux? Until it does, it's totally useless on a big percentage of Linux boxes.
  • inactive, on 08/07/2008, -3/+1That's some nice logic!
  • ilgaz, on 08/07/2008, -2/+0What makes it a "damn" thing exactly? Respect from a fortune 500 giant like Adobe for your operating system of choice? No need to accept any Microsoft EULAS? Exact same version (while named beta) shipped simultaneously on Windows, OS X and Linux?
    People like you are the problem of Linux on Desktop, not Apple or Microsoft or any conspiracy.

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