Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 03:26:56 -0600 From: "Teilhard Knight" <teilhk@phreaker.net> To: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "Eric F Crist" <ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> Subject: Re: What should I install? Message-ID: <004801c3d437$3d239de0$230110ac@fortunato> References: <003a01c3d416$b1462880$230110ac@fortunato> <200401052357.19781.ecrist@adtechintegrated.com>
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> On Monday 05 January 2004 11:34 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: > > I have running FreeBSD 4.7 in one computer and version 5.0 "was not for > > newbies". I see now, version 4.9 is out, but version 5.1 is too. In the > > official FreeBSD web page, they recommend to install 5.1. > > > > Now, I haven't grown up from the newbie category, so the question is: > > Should I install 5.2 or 4.9, perhaps 4.8, in another computer? > > > > Teilhard Knight > > The Extraterrestrial > > > > Change "privacy" for "softhome" if you want to intrude my inbox > > I would recommend you download and install 5.1 if you can. The upgrade from > 4.x to 5.x is nearly impossible and you're better off doing a fresh install. > I've been using 5.x for quite a while now, even on a production web server > with little problems. There's also better hardware support. Expect to see a > few bugs, but they're getting taken care of pretty quickly. Thanks a lot. A few months ago, in the times of 4.7, everybody was against newbies to install 5.0. I see you guys have tested and approved version 5.x. I'll start downloading 5.1 right away. Teilhard Knight The Extraterrestrial Change "privacy" for "softhome" if you want to intrude my inbox
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