-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Re: Fedora 14 Gnome 2 to Fedora 16 KDE.emlSubject: Re: Fedora 14 Gnome 2 to Fedora 16 KDEFrom: "n2xssvv.g02gfr12930" <n2xssvv.g02gfr12930@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Date: 02/03/2012 00:23To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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. > 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. Many thanks for the response. I'm pretty sure a clean install from the Live DVD (I've read that there were problems with the Live CD with 16) would be feasible & not too painful but I think I'll put if on the back burner for a while & see if anything occurs that warrants an update. Also many apologies for the formatting of this email. Replying from digest mode is horrible & between them Thunderbird & the mailing list software mangle stuff. Cheers, Phil... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin) Comment: §auto-key-locate cert pka ldap hkp://keys.gnupg.net Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPUryrAAoJEKuJdOaOnmMJ49wIALBrZpB5TX2GfioB7NasRcGF wbZFy8e1qCQzgQX4pRfNFFX8PENRJY2k7a/vY1QFD70+LcIJnImaseaDDqn0YTli wRHo9/ly9e56y9bTdZeeejT2xOpQneJfecHC3Z2yi/cXmqjpEspW3BJ8dg5yP3md cMGi5CbQgtwtSaisQgnDgh3/1W/5CYCfyzI0WqFDKWaDkj/ZMYUImH/HdGxayTzx 1NnnoffpiGHQwa28bxbyCG1HmxGEGYMLObw5rK6A2NYHkPGdWZ4L1S9MnI8ulsu9 h4uxpIIsGPcznDpD6C1qkb1Bizg0E2ITW+jrPp9iofjhIAvvCRkqhS99QkET0co= =gY35 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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
