You can develop and compile Flex on Linux. And Flash Player 9 can also be installed on Linux. So... null? (PS. This isn't a Flash mailing list...)
From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcelo de Moraes Serpa Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 9:37 AM To: Open Source Flash Mailing List; [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Stop being Windows-oriented! We want freedom and high quality software. Flash, the platform and the tools (provided by Adobe and former Macromedia) are high-quality software. Before I start to argue on the point of this message, I would like to say that I have nothing against Windows. I used to be a happy XP user for a long time, using Flash IDE and other great dev. tools available to it. However, when you expand your intellectual horizons you want more, you inexorably pursuits freedom. Linux (and other *nix systems) used to be a myth to me. Not anymore. After being hooked by the Ubuntu fever, I started going deeper into the architecture of the POSIX systems and found out the true meaning of freedom and power. Linux/*nix as a desktop environment has come a long way in the last few years. It is currently in a state that it is truly a rival to MS Windows. As a Flash lover and deseloper, I ask you "stop being Windows-oriented"... if you don't know Linux yet, take some time to look into it, you'll be amazed. Flash (the development tools) should detach itself from Windows and start being transparent on the platforms it supports. Linux has a great potential to be the next-gen. creative platform. Adobe should start thinking about porting its software to the *nix platform! I'm currently still using XP only becouse of this (Flash IDE, Photoshop, etc). For everything else (even pure AS coding, which I use Eclipse+FDT) I use Linux. Macs are a good alternative to windows, but I don't sympathize with their philosophies and its way too expensive, maybe someday. What do you think?
