Adobe Flex and Linux

Dear Adobe, Please Support Linux....

I prefer Linux over Windows and have preferred Linux for many years. The notebook computer that I use most of the time is running Ubuntu Linux . Linux has the tools I need. Linux, in particular, has the programming and networking tools that I need. Linux is just simply a superb environment for programming.

Adobe Flex is ActionScript programming. The Adobe Flex Builder, an IDE for building Flex applications, is based on Eclipse. Eclipse is an IDE that runs on many platforms, including Linux. Flash runs just fine on Linux (though Adobe has historically been somewhat slow to keep the Linux version up-to-date). I use Eclipse every day. I use Linux every day. I'm new to Flex, but find it fascinating and want to use Flex Builder.

To sum this up, Linux is an ideal programming platform, the tools required for Flex development (Flash and Eclipse) run happily under Linux independently, so why oh why is the Flex Builder not available for Linux?

I downloaded the trail version of Flex Builder to play around with, but to use it, I'm running VMware and have it installed in a Windows XP VM on my Ubuntu laptop – a painful, excruciating situation. So I ask Adobe to please, please, please let your Flex Builder run on Linux, too.

As soon as Adobe adds Linux support, I promise to be first in line to purchase Flex Builder for Linux.