Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 10:30:41 -0800 From: lee slaughter <lee@slaughters.com> To: Simon Barner <barner@in.tum.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Good comments Message-ID: <40228BD1.7010209@slaughters.com> In-Reply-To: <20040205101448.GA63714@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> References: <15d.2cfa065e.2d52d135@aol.com> <20040205101448.GA63714@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de>
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Simon Barner wrote: >Hi, > > > >> I just bought BSDfree version 5.1 because I had very good >>comments about your operating system. Our company is planning to use as a NAT >>server . I want to know where can I take some courses to have at least the >>basics that it looks to be an awesome operating system. >> >> > >For a production system, the 5.x branch of FreeBSD (sic!) is not quite >ready yet, so you should better go with FreeBSD 4.9 (FreeBSD 4.x is the >so-called stable branch at the present). > >If you insist in deploying FreeBSD 5.x, please note that FreeBSD 5.2 is >already out. > > I too bought shrink-wrapped 5.1 CD set from bookstore and now have it running pretty well. I really don't feel like re-installing it already but the implication is that if you (unwittingly) installed a -CURRENT, you need to keep it up, i.e. go today to 5.2, etc..... I don't wanna do that. I'm newbie and my box is production-prone and I don't want bleeding edge and too ignorant to be in the -CURRENT branch. So.... are we recommended to go to 4.9-STABLE? (implying no updates until next -STABLE comes out? What are the dire consequences of staying with 5.1 until 5-STABLE comes out... and not always upgrading? tks..... this is a great os and a great support group, btw. lee slaughter
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