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Macromedia Flash Client for Linux?

Posted by Hemos on from the making-things-pretty dept.

Darrell Townsend writes "I'm a web developer, and I'm getting tired of having to switch between Windows and Linux to develop in Flash (or use some type of emulator). Are there any programs out there that I can use to develop Flash natively in Linux? (I'm not interested in any of the xml2flash-type programs, I want a full-featured IDE for Flash like that available for Windows/Mac.)"

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  1. This is one by gbr · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm not sure if it has an IDE or not...
    JGenerator

  2. VMWare? by CromeDome · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm not all that familiar with Flash, just your type of problem. . . If having to reboot your machine to switch between Linux and Windows is a pain, or if you primarily use Linux but need Windows for flash development, why don't you try VMWare? It will let you run Windows from within Linux without rebooting. Last I checked, I think that they have a Lite version (all it sounds like you need) for about $49.

    CromeDome

  3. Re:_I'm_ interested in XML- Flash by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    JavaSWF has FlashXML.

    http://www.anotherbigidea.com/javaswf/index.html

  4. Re:Client, no he wants an authoring tool by carbon60 · · Score: 2, Informative

    People are mistakenly assuming that since Max OS X = UNIX, that apps can be easily ported. Remember that Apple is using Cocoa, their Obj-C API based on OpenStep. And no, GNUStep isn't compatible, yet.

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