Adobe AIR 2 Beta for Linux Released

Adobe AIR 2 beta (runtime and SDK) has been simultaneously released for Windows, Mac, and Linux. AIR 2 builds on the success of AIR 1 by giving developers new capabilities and even tighter integration with the desktop.

New Features in Adobe AIR 2 beta

• Multi-touch support – Track multiple touch points simultaneously.
• Gestures – Applications can listen for multi-touch events.
• Open files with default application
• Improved security.
• Support for detection of mass storage devices.
• Drag and drop support for remote files.
• IPv6 support
• Improved cross-platform printing
• Consumes less energy than its predecessor (version 1.0).

… just to name a few.

Check out the full Release Notes for the details as well as Adobe AIR 2 Developer FAQ to learn more about this release.

Currently, Adobe AIR 2 beta support is available for Fedora Core 11, Ubuntu 9.04, and OpenSuSE 11.1 . AIR 2 beta doesn’t support 64-bit Linux yet. However, 64-bit support is expected to be provided as an update to AIR 2 beta for Linux.

It is for the first time that Adobe has simultaneously released a product for all the three platforms namely Windows, Mac and Linux.

You can download Adobe AIR 2 beta from the following page.