There is some truth in what you say but implies that: 1. You have semi-fast Internet connection.
Of course. But DL of the ISOs will hardly be any faster.
2. You know the group names of the things you want to install.
#yum grouplist
3. yum update is of less use to you. It is hard to know what things your would like to install that may be out there.
I think there are several gui frontends for yum: yumex and pirut come to mind. Also: #yum-search "what you want to do" is a good first step. Granted you might not always find anything, but many times you will. I don't use the front-ends, but assume they have some type of search functionality also. Anyway, I hate getting sucked into these types of discussions. I just wanted say that FC 5 discs vs XP 1 disc is not really a valid comparison. Chris