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iPlayer Released for Mac, Linux; Adobe Announces AIR for Linux

Posted by timothy on from the rich-buttery-web-apps dept.

Zoxed writes "The BBC reports that their iPlayer has just been released for Mac and Linux (download page). It is based on Adobe Air, but unfortunately the service is only available to UK IP address, so I can not test it out from my adopted homeland of Germany. Perhaps a UK-based Slashdotter could review it?" In related news, an anonymous reader writes "Adobe has announced a Linux version of its AIR 1.5 runtime environment that is supposed to allow rich web apps developed on it to run on Fedora Core 8, Ubuntu 7.10 and openSuse 10.3 with no modification. The company released versions for Windows and Mac OS X back in November."

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  1. Linux whining FTW by frieko · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm glad all the whining us Linux fans are doing is paying off. Everybody's jumping on the Linux-supporting bandwagon, if only to stop us from telling all our friends and relatives and strangers that $COMPANY are a bunch of evil meanie heads.

  2. Re:Doesn't work! by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    Even on windows I have seen flash sites tell me that I need to upgrade flash to (say) version 9 because I was already running version 10.

    Thats what happens when you get teenagers to do your configuration management.

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    http://michaelsmith.id.au
  3. Re:first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Same as it ever was.

    And you may find yourself
    In a news website for nerds
    Fighting the first post trolls
    And you may find yourself
    Wondering "why, in God's name, am I here?"

    And the days go by...

  4. low uid? by Trepidity · · Score: 5, Funny

    [*mumbles under his breath and waves cane threateningly*]

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    10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10