Will you recommend fedora to a newcomer?

[Filippos Klironomos]

There is only one concern for me. If your colleagues' laptops are brand new,
with new unsupported
hardware, I would avoid FC5 and go to something more stable. I have a 2 year
old laptop and ever since FC4 it has been running smoothly with no problems.
In the brand new Dell XPS I've had lots of problems...


On 4/17/06, Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> I agree with your assessment, but would suggest you try Debian.
>
> Mike
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