Problems on a fedora box?

[Mex]

Hi

> It's trying to download plugins on first run after a fresh install.
> Unfortunately, version 2.79 had a bug that prevented self-update from
> working.  You should be able to update to version 2.80 via package
> manager for Fedora 15/16/17 from the rpmfusion.org repos.  It's not the
> latest version, but it should enable you to get past the warning and run
> get_iplayer.

Unfortunately I'm still on 14 (so I could keep GNOME 2.x) and can't use 
the later rpmfusion repos. Is there another way around this?

~Mex