> You might want to look at CentOS for this.... thanks for the hint ;) I guess you are referring to the gcc 3.4.5 rpms they have, i.e. http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4.3/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/ ? is it safe to install these on an FC5 system - Will they trounce over the default gcc (4.1.1) ? Chris