Flash has been on Linux longer than you think: http://web.archive.org/web/20000815054538/www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/alternates/ http://web.archive.or

Flash has been on Linux longer than you think: http://web.archive.org/web/20000815054538/www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/alternates/ http://web.archive.org/web/20000815054538/www.macromedia.com... Player 8 skipped Linux because it was an interim release with a better graphics engine, and was replaced shortly by Player 9 with a faster logic engine. Unfortunately this was during the same time that YouTube first became popular. Historical notes here: http://blogs.adobe.com/jd_archive/archives/2006/08/linux_observati.html http://blogs.adobe.com/jd_archive/archives/2006/08/linux_obs... "Linux is a second-class citizen for Adobe" Nah. There's not much chance of revenue for Creative Suite porting, but tools like Flex Builder, and runtimes like AIR, all bring Linux to parity... for instance: http://blogs.adobe.com/jd_archive/archives/2008/03/what_airlinux_m.html http://blogs.adobe.com/jd_archive/archives/2008/03/what_airl... http://blogs.adobe.com/jd/2009/05/linux_journal_readers_choice_a.html http://blogs.adobe.com/jd/2009/05/linux_journal_readers_choi... http://blogs.adobe.com/jd_archive/archives/2007/10/flex_builder_li_1.html http://blogs.adobe.com/jd_archive/archives/2007/10/flex_buil... The explosive thing is next year's devices -- both mobile and home wallscreens -- which use Linux operating systems in higher proportion than do laptops. Check out openscreenproject.org for context on how important Linux has become at Adobe.