Upgrading to Red Hat 8 or some other distro

[Voltage Spike]

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On Monday, November 18, 2002, at 04:51 PM, Michael Havens wrote:

> My VISOR will sync! I'm sold. Where can I get it? I'll go check 
> RedHat.com.
> But I'll wait for 8.? to come out first. Or do you think, knowing the 
> trouble
> I'm having with syncing, I should just do it now, Voltage?

A few things:

RedHat 8.0 is out and available

Someone hinted that RedHat 8.0 has trouble with Palm Pilot syncing in 
general (at the moment)

I prefer Mandrake 9.0 :-P

In my opinion, the best option is a "fresh" install (as opposed to the 
RedHat 7.3->8.0 upgrade path).  Although your home directory may easily 
be preserved, you will essentially be starting from scratch.  The 
choice is yours.

Disclaimer: I had the same problems that you described, and it was just 
as troublesome for me to get around them.  Since the newer distribution 
version has been released, I have not had a problem.  That does not 
guarantee you will share my experience.

PS: On Mandrake 9.0, when you hit the HotSync for the Visor, a link to 
jPilot is created on your desktop.  When you have completed the sync, 
this icon goes away.  I certainly found it to be a nice touch.

PPS: Keep in mind my praise about Debian for its upgrade tools before 
making your decision.

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