It was a good week for Linux last week, as it began its 18th year with two significant coups. Generating the most excitement, perhaps, was the long-awaited release on Wednesday of Adobe Flash Player 10, now available — for the first time ever — in a variety of convenient packaging formats for Linux. Finally, a seat at the table! “It is great to see Adobe taking this step, which should make it easier on new Linux users,” wrote Thomas Teisberg on the Linux Loop.