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by dizzystar 3772 days ago
I use Fedora and I truly do love it. I find it to be far more stable than other distros I've tried, and it really does "just work."

I know I've been suggesting it to people who are considering Linux for the first time, with the caveat of disabling SElinux.

With that said, I'm not sure if it is good for non-technical people or people who aren't interested in learning about it. Getting certain things installed can be a bit of work, as they don't support things like Chrome or even Chromium by default. I also view it from the perspective of not knowing how to use any graphical installers (do they exist?). If I was aware of that stuff, I'd possibly consider it for non-technical users, but as it stands, I don't.

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> I also view it from the perspective of not knowing how to use any graphical installers (do they exist?)

Yes, it exists and works pretty good when I installed it. Set up encrypted LUKS, EFI just fine and I found it reasonably pleasant to use.

I think he meant graphical package managers, not Anaconda.
I'm not even sure I would recommend a novice user to disable SElinux because the only times I configure SElinux are when setting up developer specific things.