Howdy, On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 09:54 -0500, Beartooth NQC wrote: > On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:28:55 +0100, Boris Glawe wrote: > > > Colin Brace wrote: > >> [...] what I would really like to > >>know is whether it is possible and advisable to do the upgrade next > >>week with yum. [...] > > > I'd not recommend it. > > > > Fedora Core 5 has many basic changes. For example the X Server > > installation is in /usr/bin now, and does not reside in /usr/X11R6/bin > > anymore. > > > > Such "little" details might confuse your additional non-core packages. > > For those of us too clueless to download ISOs and burn them to CDs or > DVDs, is there any preferred place to get those? I've had rather > variegated experience buying Fedora media online ... Is there a Barnes & Noble bookseller in your neck-of-the-woods? They stock "Linux Format Magazine" special editions DVD/CDROM for about every Linux distro under the sun :-) This is where I purchased FC4/openSUSE Linux 10.0 for $19.99 apiece. Comes with nice color manual/tutorial to get you started also ;-) > -- > Beartooth Staffwright, Neo-Redneck, Double Retiree, > Not Quite Clueless Linux Power User : FC4; [etc] > I have precious (very precious) little idea where up is. taharka Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
