Fedora has better than Ubuntu/Mint hardware compatibility these days, so I’d argue it’s a reasonable recommendation, especially if the user isn’t going to need nonfree video codecs, but even if they do, adding that in Fedora is going to be easier than upgrading your Ubuntu/Mint kernel so you can use your video card that’s too new.
Fedora has better than Ubuntu/Mint hardware compatibility these days, so I’d argue it’s a reasonable recommendation, especially if the user isn’t going to need nonfree video codecs, but even if they do, adding that in Fedora is going to be easier than upgrading your Ubuntu/Mint kernel so you can use your video card that’s too new.
I always just say “and google ‘what should I do after installing fedora’ and follow along except ‘fastest mirror=true’ don’t bother.”
Seems to work fine so far. 'Swhat I did.