Will you recommend fedora to a newcomer?

[Dan]

Leon wrote:
> Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> writes:
>
>   
>> On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 10:57, Leon wrote:
>>
>> I wouldn't recommend an FC version to a new Linux user in the first
>> half of it's life cycle.   By the second half, most of the problems
>> have been fixed and the update volume starts to slow down.  Someone
>> installing FC4 now along with all the updates shouldn't have
>> any surprises.  They can install their next version when they hear
>> about some feature they want that their version doesn't have - and
>> at that point they won't be a new user any more.
>>
>> -- 
>>    Les Mikesell
>>     lesmikesell at gmail.com
>>     
>
> I feel the same way. But what is the life cycle, 1 year?
>
>   
6-9 months.
-Dan