The Fedora Project have announced the immediate availability of Fedora 8, codenamed Werewolf.

The new release includes PulseAudio, which I covered recently, new Fedora Custom Spins, where you can download a pre-built Fedora image with the packages you want, Codec Buddy for easy playback of media which Fedora doesn’t support out of the box (such as proprietary formats) and many more updates and enhancements.

You can read the full release summary here on the Fedora Project wiki and download the release and download live CDs and install images from the Get Fedora page.

Again, this is a FOSSwire Video post, so please be sure to check out the accompanying video which shows you visually how to complete this quick tip!

Some distributions, like Fedora 7, for example, ship with the GNOME File Manager in a spatial mode. That means there’s no toolbar or location bar and new folders open in a new window.

Some people prefer this style, but if you are a proponent of the browser concept - where folders open in the same window and you have back/forward buttons, then you may want to switch it.

Unfortunately, the setting to do so is somewhat hidden amongst the menus and you need really to know where it is to switch the setting.

It’s hidden in Edit > Preferences and on the Behaviour tab. Simply tick the Always open in browser windows option and you should be away!

Next time you open a file management window, it should be in the desired format!

Let’s face it - the web is a less fun place without Flash. There are plenty of sites that make use of it, and while we have projects to build a free implementation, it’s not quite there yet.

So here, I’m going to try and show you how install Flash Player on Fedora 7 as quickly as possible. The process should be pretty simple, but does require use of the terminal. You might want to get one open right now.

$ su -
[[Enter your root password when prompted]]
# rpm -Uvh http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/flash-plugin-9.0.48.0-release.i386.rpm

That one hit command should download and install the RPM version of the current Flash Player at the time of writing. A quick restart of your browsers should complete the installation, and Flash should work.

You may want to browse about:plugins in Firefox (and similar browsers), to check it is installed. You should see something like this:

If you get that, all is well and Flash is installed. Have fun!