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I hate Adobe flash and all, but does the author know that if he installed Ubuntu instead of XP then he wouldn't be having these problems? The install process there is very quick and ad free.

It's 2010 for Pete's sake! Friends don't let friends suffer with Adobe's crap on XP.

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Funny story barnaby...the machine I was installing XP on...actually had a flavor of Ubuntu. These people are not fully tech savvy and they begged me to re-install their original XP back to it - because of software compatibility problems - driver problems for some obscure webcam, etc.

So yes, for some people Ubuntu and other flavors of Linux run nicely. But for others, it can be just as much of a pain as Adobe in this case.

Just my $0.02 :)

Did you read the article? The author specifically mentions that he doesn't normally use Adobe Acrobat:

The worst part is, Acrobat isn’t even the best free PDF reader. Next time I will go with my usual default.

With "usual default" linking to Foxit.

Plus, you know, Adobe Air has Linux support. So it can install unwanted-but-necessary-to-view-some-site-or-run-an-app crap there too.

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