iPlayer Released for Mac, Linux; Adobe Announces AIR for Linux

Zoxed writes "The BBC reports that their iPlayer has just been released for Mac and Linux (download page). It is based on Adobe Air, but unfortunately the service is only available to UK IP address, so I can not test it out from my adopted homeland of Germany. Perhaps a UK-based Slashdotter could review it?" In related news, an anonymous reader writes "Adobe has announced a Linux version of its AIR 1.5 runtime environment that is supposed to allow rich web apps developed on it to run on Fedora Core 8, Ubuntu 7.10 and openSuse 10.3 with no modification. The company released versions for Windows and Mac OS X back in November."

iPlayer? Just out for the Mac?

[ColdWetDog]

How can that be? iWhatever means Mac. Silly Brits. Never could get anything right. Cars, roads, units, food. Napoleon was right.

Re:first

[Dagvl]

no, i just thought that after that many years here I should have at least on first post :)

Re:first

[DarthJohn]

Wow, a low uid making a first post comment. Was the account hacked?

This is slashdot.

There are trolls.

Same as it ever was.

Linux whining FTW

[frieko]

I'm glad all the whining us Linux fans are doing is paying off. Everybody's jumping on the Linux-supporting bandwagon, if only to stop us from telling all our friends and relatives and strangers that $COMPANY are a bunch of evil meanie heads.

Re:Doesn't work!

[MichaelSmith]

Even on windows I have seen flash sites tell me that I need to upgrade flash to (say) version 9 because I was already running version 10.

Thats what happens when you get teenagers to do your configuration management.

Re:first

[Anonymous Coward]

Same as it ever was.

And you may find yourself
In a news website for nerds
Fighting the first post trolls
And you may find yourself
Wondering "why, in God's name, am I here?"

And the days go by...

Re:Doesn't work!

[danbuntu]

Never mind config mgt. No-one's bothered to test it!

Re:IPlayer UK only

[LingNoi]

Are you paying £1000 a year for a TV license? No? Well fuck off.

Re:Proxy, anyone?

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't forget imports are piracy too, as they are not licensed to be sold in that area of the world!

low uid?

[Trepidity]

[*mumbles under his breath and waves cane threateningly*]

Re:Proxies ?

[Anonymous Coward]

"one" should part with some cash and pay for it like every other Brit does

Fine but you have to use English sub-titles. With the occassional replay Americans can figure out the Brits are saying but no one knows what the fuck the Welsh and Scots are banging on about.

Re:iPlayer? Just out for the Mac?

[ColdWetDog]

We should go on a Troll Roll:

You don't frighten us English Pig-dogs!
Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person.
I blow my nose at you ...

Linux DRM

[AndyCanfield]

All this time I believed that Linux was immune to DRM. How did they get DRM to work under Linux?