On Thursday 21 September 2006 16:59, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 15:26 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > > My£0.02-worth :-) > > > > While some say that Ubuntu, Mandriva or PCLinuxOS are more > > newbie-friendly, it's worth bearing in mind that most people come to > > computing with friends on tap for hand-holding. Those of us that have > > come to linux depending on lists like this are generally more confident > > (maybe more competent, too?) but it is very likely that your friend will > > feel in real need of help in the early stages. > > > > I think, therefore, that your comfort-level in supporting a different > > distro has to be borne in mind. I'm not saying you couldn't - there will > > be more similarities than differences - but you may not wish to take on > > an extra layer of responsibility. > > On the other hand, you know the useful life-span of a fedora > installation. > Do you want to recommend that to a friend that needs hand-holding? > That depends on whether he wants/needs to stay bleeding edge. With security updates coming from the Legacy project the useful life of a fedora installation is longer than most, IMO. Of course, if he wants/needs bleeding edge then he will be doing 6-monthly installs anyway, whichever distro he uses. Anne
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