[olug] Boot error updating F14 to F16

[Kevin]

What you are seeing is GNOME3. I'm now an XFCE user(as soon as I get
my laptop reinstalled) and very happy with it. You can find out what
XFCE packages are available by doing `yum list available | grep xfce`.

On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 18:29, Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:
>> Is there any place from which I can get the /upgrade/ dir so that I
>> can continue my upgrade, or is this a lost cause, requiring a fresh
>> reinstall?  When I said that I'd backed up the important bits of this
>> system, that meant just /home and /usr/local.  I don't have a backup
>> of any of the system directories, since this laptop is little more
>> than a portable terminal.
>
> Well, I just bit the bullet and did a fresh install from CD.  I figured
> it was faster than trying to repair the upgrade, since I had very little
> system stuff installed.
>
> Upon logging in for the first time, I'm appalled at the new window
> manager (or whatever they call them these days).  how do I get back
> to something sane that resembles the old Gnome interface from F14?
> If even I can't figure out how to do anything useful, my kids & wife
> will certainly never use Linux again.
>
> --
> Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth    obiwan at jedi.com    PrairieRimImages.com
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