On a fresh install, neither Konqueror, nor Firefox will play content from YouTube. Fedora and Redhat's take on patents and licensing issues seems to be rather than risk stepping on thin ice, they'll avoid going out on the lake at all. Me, I'll take a stroll on the lake and trust I'm aware enough not to fall through the ice.
To play content from YouTube, I have to install Adobe Flash. This is much simpler than it has been in the past. Either Google "adobe flash linux yum", or go
here.
Scroll down to Option 3, YUM. Click on the link and choose
Open with "Software Installer". This is a small, 5K rpm file that will install the adobe-linux-i386.repo file, as root, into /etc/yum.repos.d. Once that is done, YUM can install the flash player for you.
You can follow the Adobe directions, and open a terminal window, su to root, and type
yum install flash-plugin, and
yum install libflashsupport or if you installed Yumex, you can do it all through the GUI. Note: if you don't install libflashsupport, you will not hear sound on YouTube.
For Yumex, select "Yum Extender" from the System menu, or type Alt-F2 and enter
yumex in the Run Command dialog box.
The fourth icon down on the left in Yumex is the Repository Selection View, click it and insure the Adobe repo is checked. If not, check it and click the refresh button in the lower right corner of Yumex.
The top icon on the left is the Package View, click it, and then select the button at the top in front of "Available" to display all the available packages. Type
flash in the search box, and press return. When the search is done, select the box in front of
flash-plugin and
libflashsupport. Take a moment to insure you
do not have Firefox or Konqueror running, and if not, click on the
Process Queue button in the lower right corner of Yumex. Yumex will download the selected rpms, and install them, all without needing to go to the command line in a terminal window.
Firefox: Open up Firefox and go to YouTube. Videos will now play, and have sound, just like they are suppose to.
Konqueror: Open up Konqueror. On the top bar, choose Settings -> Configure Konqueror. Scroll down the left side icon menu to Plugins. Click on the
Scan for New Plugins button. Select the
Plugins tab, and you should see the flash plugin listed. Close, and restart Konqueror. Go to YouTube. Videos will now play, and have sound, just like they are suppose to.
Part 2
Food, Wine, and Linux may seem like a strange combination, but combining three passions can be a wonderful thing. I'm Marcel Gagné. Those of you who read Cooking with Linux, the multi-award-winning column that appeared monthly in Linux Journal magazine for 10 years, likely agree. With the help of my faithful waiter, François, Restaurant Chez Marcel serves up the finest in Linux and open source software paired with exceptional wines.
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