How To: Save flash (.flv) files within Linux

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Have you ever watched a youtube.com video and then wanted to save a copy of it to your hard drive so that you can view it later only to find that you can't because there is no download link? You're in luck as the following How To: Save flash (.flv) files within Linux article describes it step by step.

How To: Enable flash support for the Chromium web-browser

This tutorial will explain How To: Enable flash support for Chromium web-browser.

After having installed the Chromium web-browser,

@her###:~$ sudo aptitude install chromium-browser

installing the adobe flash player plugin is as simple as firstly; Searching for it:

How To: Download and convert flash (.flv) files to mp3 within Linux

One of the first things a Linux user needs to understand is the /tmp directory.

This directory contains mostly files that are required temporarily. Many programs use this to create lock files and for temporary storage of data. Usually it doesn't contain more than a few KB of data at any one time as on most systems, this directory is cleared out at boot or at shut down by the local system. The basis for this was historical precedent and common practice. However, it was not made a requirement because system administration is not within the scope of the FSSTND. For this reason people and programs must not assume that any files or directories in /tmp are preserved between invocations of the program. The reasoning behind this is for compliance with IEEE standard P1003.2 (POSIX, part 2).