[osflash] Linux Flash Developmen

[Martin Wood-Mitrovski]

Philippe wrote:
>>> Hi all, I just bought a new server [first computer I've fully built for
>>> myself] which runs Ubuntu. I like it so much I've been thinking about
>>> switching from my native MacOS to fully submersing myself in Linux. Are
>>> there any AS3 developers out there that code/design exclusively in Linux
>>> or do you *need* the retail Flash IDE? Lately I've been building the GUI
> 
> Ubuntu is definitely amazing, but atm I don't see a better workflow to
> produce graphical elements than publishing a SWC from Flash CS3.
> 
> I'm using VirtualBox to run seemlesly enough a basic Windows XP with
> CS3 and FlashDevelop. It works quite fine (just avoid VirtualBox's
> virtual shares) but it requires a decent computer with a lot of RAM.

i have a few drive mappings for my VM and I've not had any problems at all. what 
should i be aware of ? :)

but yeah. having a decent amount of ram helps. I have 4 gig and give the vm 
about 700 mb. although i havent actually monitored it to see how much i need.