OK, I'm sure if you're an Internet Music Junkie like me, you've stumbled across Pandora.  I even splurged a bit and paid for the PandoraOne service so that I don't have commercials, time limits, etc.  And it was all good except I didn't want to keep a whole browser open just to hear it.  Also, I've since migrated fully to Ubuntu 9.10 for my business computer.  Since this is THE place I listen to music for programming and such, I had to have my Pandora desktop application.

I was initially concerned due to all the negatives I've seen about Adobe Air on Linux, but I decided to try it anyway.  And boy was I surprised.  Everything went off without a hitch!  So, here's how I did it.

• Go to Pandora's site and chose "Install Desktop Applicaiton"
• Click the "Download Air" link
• Download Adobe Air for Linux from Adobe
• After Downloading chdir to your download folder and run the following:
  • chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
  • ./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
  • enter your admin password
• Go back to the "Install Desktop Application" link
• Download pandora
• "open" the pandora download from your web browser downloads
• Let the install progress, it takes a bit
• Look in your Applications/Accessories menu to find the launcher for later