For frequent slashdot readers this might be old news, but to the rest of ya, Adobe has finally decided to give Linux users the same consideration that Windows users get as far as their market leading plugin goes.

Instead of having to download and run a shell script – or waiting for a binary to be available in a repository somewhere, you can now browse to www.adobe.com and get flash, for your distro – as an easily installable binary file.

Oh, and no more six month waiting period either.

I installed the deb binary on my Mint laptop last night – and it seemed to go swimmingly. I was worried that my previous install of Version 9 via shell script would have messed up this install but excitingly that was not the case.

Yet another nail in the coffin of the “Linux is not desktop ready” meme. Ironically this also proves another point – the issues that people raise against Linux in the useability stakes have often got nothing to do with Linux – here a software vendor came to the party and provided exactly what Linux users need to get on with their lives after a fresh install.

Props to Adobe!

Get it now: Adobe Flash 10 Goodness.

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