is fedora okay for people just playing around?

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

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Matthew wrote:

> 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?
> 

Fedora should be okay for you. One of the big obstacles people face using
Linux is the installation. Anaconda kills that, it's a superb installer
from Red Hat.
Or if you are totally dumb you could try out with Live CD Distributions like
Knoppix, Mepix et cetera :-)

rrs
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