From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 9 21:19:25 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82E23106568B for ; Fri, 9 Oct 2009 21:19:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F2BA8FC15 for ; Fri, 9 Oct 2009 21:19:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n99LJLBI029642; Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:19:21 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id n99LJK62029639; Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:19:21 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:19:20 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Polytropon In-Reply-To: <20091009214032.2cecf345.freebsd@edvax.de> Message-ID: References: <13EB5F63-E8D2-47EA-8E56-F052B697EBB8@olivent.com> <20091009214032.2cecf345.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.2 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:19:21 -0600 (MDT) Cc: Mikel King , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: best FBSD version for commercial use. 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: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:19:25 -0000 On Fri, 9 Oct 2009, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:04:42 -0400, Mikel King wrote: >> Recommend sticking with 7.x branch until 8.0 has been through one or >> two solid releases. Then you should be able to perform a csup and >> rebuild the world to the current version of 8.x at the time. > > So you would not recommend 8 (as RC1 at the state of the moment) > for commercial use. Regarding your explaination, I do understand > this. It's often mentioned that x.0 releases aren't "that good". > > But allow me a follow-up question: Is 8.0-RC1 already recommendable > for a home desktop, or would 7.2 be the version of choice? I'm > asking this because of the many improvements especially the USB > subsystem has gotten in 8 which would be important for the "plug > and play experience" for USB devices... 8.0 also has the ability to run www/linux-f10-flashplugin10. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA