From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 9 21:25:06 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 20AB01065670 for ; Fri, 9 Oct 2009 21:25:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from illoai@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f214.google.com (mail-gx0-f214.google.com [209.85.217.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C58A28FC08 for ; Fri, 9 Oct 2009 21:25:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk6 with SMTP id 6so6732599gxk.13 for ; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:25:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=IUiCGmXj3hWYMb1iGilrvGy2qYXAdetJVwbZLWe769s=; b=KSBhsopzObpPfz1cvnseaHMg9j/9PyG+NTNtt+YbWPjXWQSMP8S2uAEN8D0HMtTSKa izKMqP8xBPJ2vHLZKYC5aW9CN2Jt6N+wtPOiNg90qVqoG8qfxogVOM1qJPBb+E/w4dBN ACBSvYnOLJGznd3fUQ+MX/+TqAC3tnwMcZY5Y= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=FCrGca2u3t4tY00sMKBep045yqZma5rsgHZOG52eFM2ao6AeA0pHTUpUinU4RiSUAa 6yUpAW1/SEcQ7X1c+bmkgaDBINSY3SC2z9fW3INeraAADt0DoGxyQWHWz2+WQ1YGM4Cq DJlm6KvavMZhM/BLPbin/b6UcDVySez6MCBUY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.91.22.6 with SMTP id z6mr1662809agi.65.1255123504998; Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:25:04 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20091009214032.2cecf345.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <13EB5F63-E8D2-47EA-8E56-F052B697EBB8@olivent.com> <20091009214032.2cecf345.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 17:25:04 -0400 Message-ID: From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Marwan Sultan , 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 21:25:06 -0000 2009/10/9 Polytropon : > On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:04:42 -0400, Mikel King wr= ote: >> Recommend sticking with 7.x branch until 8.0 has been through one or >> two solid releases. Then =A0you 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". > 8.0 seems to be "that good", but businesses who make their money from their computers should probably be conservative. Also, the upgrade path for 7.x to 8.x is amusingly painless, so being safe has a very low cost here. > 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... > I have been using 8-CURRENT since February & updating from source once or twice a week. I am without trepidation in asserting that it is frankly the best release of FreeBSD I have used. Assuming that something horrible doesn't happen between RC1 & RELEASE (asteroid strike, second coming of John Holmes, land war in Asia) I wouldn't fear the *.0 syndrome. --=20 --