On 01/03/12 22:31, Phil Dobbin wrote: > Hi, all. > > I've been using Fedora 14 (i686) on an old IBM Think Pad T42 after > swapping from Debian Squeeze & am really enjoying the experience. > > Fedora 14 having reached EOL, I'm looking to upgrade but at present I'm > running Gnome 2 & 16 uses Gnome 3. Not only will Gnome 3 not run on my > machine but from what I've seen of it, I don't really care to use it. > > So I'm looking at using KDE. The Fedora 16 Live CD (KDE) runs fine on > the Think Pad & it seems a far better option than Gnome 3 in failback so > my question is: > > 1). Is there anyway I can upgrade via Yum from Gnome on 14 -> Kde on 16 > without unduly breaking anything? > > I've tried Googling for an answer but it's quite difficult phrasing it > correctly to get a vaild response. > > I've got my /home/ folder backed up both locally & remotely so if I have > to re-install will there be any conflicts on that score if I attempt to > rsync from the back up (which I imagine there probably will)? > > Thanks for any help you can give & please be patient for a response as > I'm on digest delivery. > > Cheers, > > Phil... > I'm sure it is possible, but I suspect it will take a lot longer than doing a backup before doing a fresh Fedora 16 KDE install. Unfortunately I have not had particularly good experiences trying to update to Fedora 15/16, (only managing to finally install a flaky Fedora 16 today after many attempts). Hence due to the fairly major changes you are seeking to make I would be cautious. HTH cpp4ever -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
