Hi all, Ok, I'm a newbie and have some basic (I hope) questions.....here goes: 1) I assume from the fray that RH 9 will be the last version available in that form from Red Hat itself....correct? 2) I currently have a RH 8 / Windows NT dual boot system. I LOVE RH 8....it was a snap to install and I have had no issues with its performance on my Dell PC. I was about to buy RH 9 due to the supposed improvements is working with Java applications and wondered if Fedora was a better course of action? 3) I have several 3rd party software packages...some free (nedit), some not free (QCAD..2D CAD program). Are there any thoughts as to whether these should still run under Fedora, or would I have to wait for specific Fedora-compiled binaries of these applications? 4) I downloaded the 3 iso images and got them onto CD's (after some pain...I had to put them on CD-RW disks using Roxio...they wouldn't go onto just CD-R disks). So if I boot from the CD will the installation do an "update" over RH 8? I noticed that there was a Gnome issue....anything else? Are there any issues booting from a RW-type CD? 5) Am I getting onto thin ice here?? Given that my RH 8 system went on with such ease, can I expect Fedora to do the same? Thanks for any help/advice. Herb Smith
