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Re: Fedora 14 Gnome 2 to Fedora 16 KDE.emlSubject: Re: Fedora 14 Gnome 2 to Fedora 16 KDEFrom: "n2xssvv.g02gfr12930" n2xssvv.g02gfr12930@ntlworld.comDate: 02/03/2012 00:23To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org 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...