Adobe launches beta of Flash 9 for Linux

Adobe launches beta of Flash 9 for Linux


Adobe has released the first beta of its Flash Player 9 for Linux.

The release supports most of the same major features as the Mac and Windows versions, which first shipped in late June.

The current version does not support full-screen mode and SSL, however, although Adobe said that both features would be in the final release.

The Linux application requires at least an 800MHz processor, 512MB of Ram and a 128MB graphics card. The Mac and Windows versions of Flash Player 9 require only 450MHz-500MHz processors and 128MB of RAM.

Adobe said that, while it expects the program to run on most Linux operating systems, it has only been tested on Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 3 and 4 and Novell SuSE systems.

The final version of Flash 9 for Linux is expected in early 2007.