New to Fedora
Joe Giles
jgiles at joeman1.com
Tue Nov 16 02:31:10 UTC 2004
Hello list,
I used to run Red Hat 6,7,8,9, but have not ran Fedora as of yet. I
currently use Gentoo for my workstation and have been wanting to try out
Fedora. I have heard good things about it and appreciate the community
and support.
I have a couple of questions I would like to ask if you could spare a
moment of your time...
1. Once Fedora is installed, and a new version comes out (Say "Fedora
4"), will updating my system using up2date or yum install the current
packages for the new version on my system; thereby updating the system
with the same new software as the new release ("Fedora 4")? I like to
keep my systems around for a while and don't like to reload the OS very
often.
2. Does the RPM package manager still suffer issues with dependencies as
it used to? Example... Trying to install "Package 1" reveals Dependant
packages needing to be installed, reveling yet more packages that need
to be installed to satisfy the last Dependant package; wash, rinse, and
repeat. Will up2date and/or yum take care of these dependencys for you now?
I appreciate your time in answering these questions for me.
Thanks!!!
Joe
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