Adobe stops development of AIR runtime and AIR sdk for Linux desktops. The software company wants to focus more on mobile operating systems. Furthermore, it would AIR on the Linux desktop is not sufficient of the ground.
The software developer states in a note about the decision to create the AIR support for Linux to remove the platform on Linux is rarely used. Just 0.5 percent of the AIR runtimes that are downloaded from the Adobe site were intended for Linux desktops, while also the market share of Linux on desktops would hardly grow. In addition, says Adobe to want to focus on the development of AIR-based versions for Android, iOS, and BlackBerry Tablet OS. Version 2.6 of Adobe Air would therefore be the last AIR-release from Adobe for the Linux platform. Adobe will also not have security update for this runtime anymore.
The running of AIR applications, however, would not be entirely impossible on Linux desktop systems. Existing AIR applications will continue to run and Adobe to let you know that it is a porting kit will be cast for parties that are members of the Open Screen Project. They would with the source code new AIR sdks can build, as well as new runtimes. Among others, Nvidia, Nokia, Samsung, and Intel are members of the Open Screen Project.