Ever since I installed Ubuntu on this machine I have not been able to install Adobe Air because I can not make the BIN file executable. I have done it from the command line
chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
and I have right clicked it, under properties, Permissions, Make file executable, but still nada.
not really a solution but I was finally able to install Adobe Air. They released Air 2 into beta and it now has a DEB which is easier to install
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/air2.html
Plus, this is a different machine then the one i was having trouble with.