Will you recommend fedora to a newcomer?

Leon sdl.web at gmail.com
Tue Apr 18 00:25:17 UTC 2006


Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty at sbcglobal.net> writes:

> 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.

I guess you mean debian sarge. It's very stable but lacks of features
for laptop.

>
> Mike
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Leon




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