Update Command & previous versions

Areal Person · #1 3rd August 2012, 05:05 PM

I've installed F17. My network connection and sound card stop working
sometimes requiring me to reboot before they work again.

These are software issues with the release. I've seen where many people are
having the same problems and there is no solution. F17 is just a bad release for many people. (Period).

However, I am going to try updating my system before I go back to a previous release.

QUESTIONS

1) What is the command to bring my system up to date ?

2) If I go back to a previous release, which one is the best to use ?

Thanks,
-Areal

Adunaic · #2 3rd August 2012, 07:21 PM

Hi,

To update your system you need to open a terminal and become root. Then issue the command:

Code:

yum update

This will update the system.

If you choose to go back a release I believe the only one that still has updates is fedora 16 (if I recall correctly you will need to do a 'yum reinstall bash' if you install fedora 16 to solve a small problem with it)