From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 19 13:50:59 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6314B16A479 for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:50:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C550443D45 for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:50:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.pc (host5.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.229]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.13.6/8.13.6/Debian-1) with ESMTP id k5JDoNAg004087 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:50:26 +0300 Received: from gothmog.pc (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.pc (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5JDoH8s040648; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:50:17 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.pc (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k5JDoCVc040646; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:50:12 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:50:12 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Danial Thom Message-ID: <20060619135011.GA40614@gothmog.pc> References: <20060619111155.GB4589@gothmog.pc> <20060619130452.17965.qmail@web33314.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060619130452.17965.qmail@web33314.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-3.296, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 1.10, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr X-Spam-Status: No Cc: Dan Bikle , Anish Mistry , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:50:59 -0000 On 2006-06-19 06:04, Danial Thom wrote: >--- Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >>On 2006-06-19 12:33, Erik Trulsson wrote: >>>> The 5.3 release was clearly marked as a "developer preview" >>>> release >>> >>> No, it was not. 5.3 was a perfectly ordinary release. It was in >>> fact the first 5.x release that was *not* marked as a "developer >>> preview". >> >> You're right. I must have been thinking of 5.2.1. >> >> Sorry for the misinformation :-/ > > I'd say that a $55. celeron on Freebsd 4.11 would be just as fast as a > Sempron an 5.3, so why not save some money and get something that > everyone knows is "production ready"? I'm not so sure. It would take quite a few tests and some _real_ numbers to convince me that such a claim was true :-)