Will you recommend fedora to a newcomer?

[William Case]

Hi all;  I've got an extra 2¢.

I think this is an important topic and makes interesting reading late
Sunday night.

On Sat, 2006-15-04 at 16:57 +0100, 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). 

This is the core question.  Which distro is the prettiest.  I am not
being trivial or sarcastic.  People do judge a book by its cover.  Even
while they are trying to show themselves as hard bitten,
give-me-the-performance, professionals.

> 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.
> 
After they have settled in, new users become features proud, but first
out of the box they want glitz, professional glitz -- its just human
nature.  If your going to feed them steak make sure they hear the
sizzle.  Give it to them.

> 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.

M$ Windows is standard, common, ordinary and everywhere.  Only Linux can
give somebody trying out a new operating system a real WOW.

So, one of the first questions is which distro is the prettiest?

I really realized this when I install FC5.  I waited anxiously for FC5
to be released because I wanted the upgrades and fixes over FC4.  I
caught myself 'wowing' as I saw the new login and other screens for the
first time.

I would love to see some real artists added to the development teams of
distributions, desktops and applications.  That would blow Microsoft and
even Apple right out of the water.

Regards Bill