On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:03:41 -0600, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > On Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:49:54 +0000 (UTC) > Beartooth <beartooth@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> I've been playing with Scientific Linux on an oldish machine, >> and now I want to try F16 with xfce -- *not* live, but installed, with >> the .iso on a DVD. I realize that requires me to install the gnome >> version and then add xfce. Do I just command "yum install xfce," or is >> there something more esoteric? > > yum groupinstall xfce-desktop > > You don't need to install gnome. Just deselect it when you do the > install. Oh good. And can I then still use a few gnome apps I depend on, comparably to running gnome but using Konqueror for man pages and K3B for media? (iirc, I have to install a good bit of KDE to get those.) >> In the course of playing with SL, I've put spare copies of >> various data into it, and of course tweaked all sorts of things, many >> of them a tad bit tedious; I'd like to preserve them into the F16 >> install. > > You can save off your homedir and keep all those settings easily. You mean like copying them to an external drive and then back? > Other things you will likely have to re-tweak. <sigh> I've certainly done it plenty of times before .... Thanks for the clues! -- Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck Not Quite Clueless Power User I have precious (very precious!) little idea where up is. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
