Are you sick of drop down menus being hidden by Flash content? Flash Player 10 prerelease fixes that. Here is how you can install it: (This tutorial is for Ubuntu, however it should work on other distros.)

1. Visit this page. Click on “Download Plugin for Linux (TAR.GZ, 3.71 MB)” and save the file to your desktop.
2. Right click on the file and choose “Extract Here.”
3. Open up a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and type in this code:
   cd Desktop
4. Then type in this code:
   cd install_flash_player_10_linux
5. Then type in this code:
   ./flashplayer-installer
6. Close all browsers, then press enter twice.
7. Type “y” and press enter, then type “n” and press enter.
8. Relaunch your browser, and your drop-down menu problems should be fixed.

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