Will you recommend fedora to a newcomer?

[Zubin Bharucha]

Leon wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Lately, I have been bringing my laptop to work in my office in a
> Univ. My colleagues are amazed how pretty the os is (I use the default
> theme). I have shown them some of the greatest features of linux like
> the security issue and the vast of free software that do a better job
> than its windows counterpart.
>
> They are interested and want me to help them install linux to their
> laptop too. From my experience with FC5 since test1, I am not very
> confident. FC5 is great for experienced people who can fix some minor
> bugs but it doesn't seems to be a distribution to new users. I would
> now recommend them to use SuSE linux but would be good to hear your
> opinions.
>
> Regards,
>   

FC5 is awesome. What better way to learn to use Linux than fixing a few 
bugs every now and then? :D
-Zubin