On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 18:41 -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 12:49 -0800, Rickey Moore wrote: > > > > > > Robin Laing <Robin.Laing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Rickey Moore wrote: > > > > > > > > > > If you want software from a different repository, it is as > > simple as > > enabling the repository and getting a list of applications. It > > is > > time for you to do some reading up on yum. It is allot > > different and > > nicer than the old download, install what will install, > > download the > > dependencies and install what will install ...... > > Sorry, what I failed to mention was that I'm using my roommate's > > Windoz machine for file dnloads and <shudder> yahoo to get email. He's > > got DSL, so we just added a network hub, and since Sprint uses pppoe > > I'm wildly updating to just get the sucker to get the ipadd! ress's > > and nameservers. Then I'm burning all these updates to CD's and > > transporting them physically to my Fedora machine, kinda like all at > > once! <smile> Trouble shooting with a shotgun... > > > > So, that's why I was looking for update instructions for humans to > > read. I know I'll just love yum once I get to the net... I updated > > KDE to use the new network manager and some pppoe deamons that I > > found. Uptodate used to make me crazy. I do love Linux though, and > > have great plans for using it. > > > > Thanx for any considerations, Ric > ---- > FC-4 represented a large jump in various items and the initial > installation was pretty buggy. Consequently a lot of updates are > required to make it function properly. > > You really need internet access to get the updates installed as it would > be a large project to get the updates installed by hand. > Not to mention that they still need downloaded. :) > Craig > >
