Welcome to the future. Linux is now a first-class desktop operating system citizen. Adobe today released version 10 of its Adobe Flash Player, available now in a variety of convenient packaging formats for Linux, as well as other popular desktop operating systems.

Once upon a time, desktop Linux was a second-class citizen, where Flash was concerned. As recently as 2007, Linux users waited six months for Flash 9 to arrive.

Now, while Microsoft appears bent on leaving Linux users behind on Silverlight technology, its Flash alternative, Adobe has made Linux an equal player. It proudly boasts that "Flash Player content reaches over 98 percent of Internet-enabled desktops," while "80 percent of online videos worldwide are viewed using Adobe Flash technology." It further claims that Flash 9 achieved a 90 percent penetration on Internet-enabled desktops in fewer than nine months.

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