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From: "Dan Armbrust" <daniel.armbrust.list at gmail.com>
> > I would like to install fc5 on my WinXP machine.
> 
> FYI - FC6 is current, and FC7 will be released on the 31st.
> 
> Given the short life of Fedora releases (FC5 will be deprecated
> without security updates at the end of June) and the bad luck I've had
> upgrading from one fedora version to another, I wouldn't install an
> out of date version on a new box...
> 
> Dan

Why not just use CentOS instead?
It's a "free" version of the official Red Hat release which to my thinking indicates it would be inherently more stable then Fedora.

Just my $0.02.

Todd Young