On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 02:25 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Umm, unless he wants to make installing his OS into a hobby, I > recommend almost anything over Fedora. Actually, I'd say the choice of which distro to use depends a lot on what the person is going to use it for, and several other considerations, such as: * availability of support -- whether you can easily and readily find someone who can help you install the product and/or resolve any problems along the way * level of technology proficiency -- is the person a complete newbie? Or someone who has assembled computers himself? There are 2 scenarios for which I would push for Linux in general and Fedora in particular: if the friend wants an OS for a server, OR if the friend wants an application development environment. For programming, nothing beats the price, speed and most of all, stability, of Linux. No need for anti-virus, anti-spyware and a plethora of security software slowing down your system, and even if you mess up your program, you (probably) won't need to reboot or worse, re-install your OS. As for server environments, one of the main advantages of UNIX/Linux as compared to The Other OS is the commandline. If you have ever had to explain which buttons to press or options to select, to a complete newbie administrator, you will wish there was a commandline way of doing things, which you just need to document and pass on the magic incantation. -- Pascal Chong email: chongym@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx web: http://cymulacrum.net pgp: http://cymulacrum.net/pgp/cymulacrum.asc "La science ne connaît pas de frontière parce que la connaissance appartient à l’humanité. et que c’est la flamme qui illumine le monde." -- Louis Pasteur
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