The long anticipated beta release of Flash Player 9 for Linux is posted on labs… Flex 2 applications on Linux, tasty!
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer9.html
[update] You just have to love this video by James Ward — writing a YouTube video player in under 3 minutes using the Flex 2 SDK and the vi editor on Linux *all free tools*. Slashdot do your worst 
If you’re interested in learning about Flex 2, I’ll be doing a couple of “Building Rich Internet Applications with Flex 2” sessions for Adobe Belgium on October 31st and December 13th. Should be great fun!
• Learn what Flex is and how it works
• Understand the Flex architecture
• Experience Flex applications
• See a Flex application being built using Flex Builder
• Have an opportunity for Q&A with a Flex expert
http://events.adobe.co.uk/events/cgi/event.cgi?country=ben&eventid=4098
Now that is one cool geeky art project…
