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Adobe AIR launches on Linux (cnet.com)
9 points by johns on Sept 16, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



Wow, now I don't even have to open my browser to run down my battery faster with 100% CPU load.

Adobe has some severe quality problems with its Flash player already, pushing out more badly written software is hardly going to help. Or am I really the only one who cares?

EDIT: Just as I posted this, I noticed that a rogue Flash process was once again pegging one of my CPUs. Fail. I wonder if there's a way to restrict off-screen Flash processes to use a maximum of 2-5% CPU time? Also, more browsers need to take a no-nonsense approach to crashed plugins.


While this might make it easier for some to adopt a GNU/Linux, adding more closed platforms to a free OS is a step in the wrong direction.


"Sorry, your platform is not supported."

Really?




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