is fedora okay for people just playing around?

[David Curry]

Matthew wrote:

> Hi everybody.
>
> I recently got a new computer and I’m going to use my old computer for 
> trying out linux and generally experimenting on. Although I’m 
> generally pretty handy and able to figure stuff out I have absolutely 
> no programming or professional computer experience. Would fedora be 
> way out of my league or are there other people out there that are just 
> kind of tinkering around? (This is not a technical question - I’m sure 
> my old computer could handle it – I’m not sure whether I can.) And if 
> you think not – is there a good beginners’ basic linux?
>
> Thanks in advance for any comments
>
> Matt
>
Did a bit of research since my earlier response, Matthew. The ATMission 
(FC2) and basilisk (FC3) LiveCDs are Fedora based.