is fedora okay for people just playing around?

[Duncan Lithgow]

Matt, please don't post in html:
http://www.georgedillon.com/web/html_email_is_evil.shtml

The way I ended up getting into linux is via opensource and gpl software
generally. If you get used to using OpenOffice instead of Word, Gimp
instead of photoshop and any cross platform email client - you're well
on your way. So, I ran all of those on windows for ages before I took
the plunge.

Duncan