something I’ve been monkeying around with

1. Install Fedora Core 3.(do not install the graphics libraries…freetype-devel, gd-devel, libpng-devel, libjpeg-devel, xorg-x11-devel)
2. Update my /etc/yum.conf:

[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
retries=20
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d

[base]
name=Fedora Core $releasever – $basearch – Base
baseurl=http://mirrors.xmission.com/fedora/core/3/i386/os/

[updates-released]
name=Fedora Core $releasever – $basearch – Released Updates
baseurl=http://mirrors.xmission.com/fedora/core/updates/3/i386/

3. Install Gyum and update
4. install gnome-desktop-devel.i386, gd-devel.i386, libpng-devel, libjpeg-devel, perl-Compress-Zlib.i386