Hello all, On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:22:38 -0700 Ian MacGregor <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > mooshie wrote: > > wwp wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> > >> On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 03:07:50 -0500 mooshie <mooshie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >>> Hello all! > >>> I found this nice little tutorial on how to install the newest Gnome > >>> 2.12 in Fedora Core, it works perfectly! You will definatly notice > >>> the difference from 2.10! Check it out and let me know how it works > >>> for you! > >>> > >>> http://fedoranews.org/mediawiki/index.php/Upgrade_your_FC4_box_to_the_latest_Gnome_2.12_desktop > >>> > >>> > >>> Note: I am not taking credit for writing this, nor am I the technical > >>> support for it. > >> > >> > >> > >> Did anyone try to upgrade FC3 to gnome 2.10 from this repos? > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> > > Not that I am aware of, I tried it on FC4 and it works flawlessly. Its > > up to you to try it from FC3 > > > I am worried about mixing repos in doing this. I currently use > Extras/livna and I heard that the nrpms repo replaces core files. Isn't > this dangerous? I'd love to use the new gnome, but I don't want to take > a chance on hosing my system because I mixed repos. I see 2 solutions: make a backup of the whole system before upgrading to nrpms, or being able to safely rollback yum/rpm transaction. Does anyone know if it's possible to do (and rollback) rpm "transactions"? I mean defining a checkpoint, installing rpms and if things go bad, unrolling up to the checkpoint. Sorry about my rpm poor knowledge :-\. Regards, -- wwp
