----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Mandato" <linuxfrank@cox.net>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 11:17 AM
Subject: What to do


>
>   I have  RH 9 and I am pretty happy with it. The end of life is
> sometime in April and I would like to know if I can change over to
> Fedora without losing most of the programs that I have , i.e. O.O. ,
> StarOffice and the like.
>
>   I have been following this list for quite a while and would like to
> know if I have to start from scratch, clean install, or if I can just
> switch over to Fedora without too many problems.

I saw a thread on another list that said you can use yum or apt-get to do an
upgrade from RH9 to Fedora.  I personally would not do an upgrade...  I
always back up my data and do a fresh install.  But then, I'm also a belt
and suspenders kind of guy.
-- 
Regards,
Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT