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If Softaculous is an option with your web hosting provider, I'd set up my blog using it rather than Fantastico.

The reason is that Softaculos adds some security features "behind the scenes" that Fantastico didn't the last time I checked (my web hosting provider stopped using Fantastico some time ago so I can't state with certainty that their system has been updated).

And with the latest version of WordPress, unless you have an extremely good reason not to, I strongly recommend that you set it up so that it automatically installs updates. This can save you from security issues down the road (and an expensive cleanup after a security breach).

HTH,
Tom