From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 9 22:39:58 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 D69AB1065670 for ; Fri, 9 Oct 2009 22:39:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mikel.king@olivent.com) Received: from mail.olivent.com (mail.olivent.com [75.99.82.91]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DFEA8FC18 for ; Fri, 9 Oct 2009 22:39:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by mail.olivent.com (Kerio MailServer 6.7.2) (using TLSv1/SSLv3 with cipher AES128-SHA (128 bits)); Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:39:55 -0400 References: <13EB5F63-E8D2-47EA-8E56-F052B697EBB8@olivent.com> <20091009214032.2cecf345.freebsd@edvax.de> Message-Id: <5C9B3A2F-5C9F-42BD-A97A-0D2DBA1278B9@olivent.com> From: Mikel King To: Polytropon In-Reply-To: <20091009214032.2cecf345.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:39:12 -0400 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) Cc: FreeBSD Questions , Marwan Sultan 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 22:39:58 -0000 On Oct 9, 2009, at 3:40 PM, 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... > > > Well the general rule of thumb has always been that unless you NEED a feature of the newest version it is best to continue running the existing stable release on your mission critical production boxes. Once the current release is passed the initial .0 stage most feel it is safe to adopt it in a production environment. Sometimes this may take a little longer than expected, but I would wait until 8.1 before I put it on my mission critical production boxes. Cheers, Mikel