very confused

[Johan van den Berg]

On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 18:12, Brian Millett wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 09:49, kdavid at themail.com wrote:
> > hi everyone,
> > 
> > i'm seeking advice on the easiest method to install yarrow-fedora. can i install it overtop of rh9? will it be nice and leave my other os's alone? as i stated i am relatively new to linux and quite honestly not that good with it and am reluctant to try this new version as it sounds like everyone is having serious issues getting things to work. 
> > or is there a more user friendly linux that i could try instead
> 
> I installed Fedora core on my toshiba laptop running redhat 9.  I had
> two problems that were caused by my wanting to stay on the bleeding edge
> so two packages (openssh 3.7.1p2 & wlan-ng) needed more attention than
> normal.  If you are running a stock RH9, then I would say that your
> experience will be excellent.  I had fewer problems upgrading RH9 to
> Fedora, than I had upgrading RH8 to RH9.  RH7 to RH8 was a &*(^$#$#
> mess.
> 
> My configuration files were not affected.  When I run fedora, it looks
> just like RH9. Oh sure, the icons have changed a tiny bit, but the
> menus, background picture, look and feel are the same.
> 
> Read the release notes.  Stay away from the monkey (ximian packages).

Any reason why you say so?  I have not yet installed any of the ximian
packages, but have read a lot about it and was eager to try it.  I would
appreciate any user experiences in this regard.

> 
> Also, I've found the responses to questions on this list to be quick and
> accurate.
> 
> Good luck.
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