diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml
index c688bbaf8f..fe0a4e07dc 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
 	</step>
 
 	<step>
-	  <title>For Firefox 3.6 and 5.0</title>
+	  <title>For Firefox 3.6 and 5.0<anchor id="moz-java-plugin-5"></title>
 
       <para>Install <application>OpenJDK 6</application>
         through the Ports Collection by typing:</para>
@@ -456,13 +456,28 @@
       <para>To install the Linux version of
 	<application>Opera</application>, substitute
 	<literal>linux-opera</literal> in place of
-	<literal>opera</literal> in the examples above.  The Linux
-	version is useful in situations requiring the use of plug-ins
-	that are only available for Linux, such as <application>Adobe
-	&acrobat.reader;</application>.  In all other respects, the
-	FreeBSD and Linux versions should be functionally
-	identical.</para>
+	<literal>opera</literal> in the example above.</para>
 
+      <para>The &adobe; &flash; plugin is not available for &os;.
+	However, a &linux; version of the plugin exists.  To install
+	this version, the <filename
+	role="package">www/linux-f10-flashplugin10</filename> port has
+	to be installed, then install the port <filename
+	role="package">www/opera-linuxplugins</filename>:</para>
+
+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/linux-f10-flashplugin10</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/www/opera-linuxplugins</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>make install clean</userinput></screen>
+
+      <para>You can check the presence of the plugin: start your
+	browser, enter <literal>opera:plugins</literal> in the
+	location bar and press <keycap>Enter</keycap>.  A list should
+	appear with all the currently available plugins.</para>
+
+      <para>To add the <application>&java;</application> plugin,
+	follow the <link linkend="moz-java-plugin-5">instructions for
+	Firefox</link>.</para>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2>