From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 22 13:09:08 2004 Return-Path: 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 5027D16A4CE for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:09:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [208.162.254.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D35F43D2F for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:09:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kanga.honeypot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E32EB9A9 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 08:08:46 -0500 (CDT) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (kanga.honeypot.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 34125-03 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 08:08:45 -0500 (CDT) Received: from janus.daycos.com (outbound.daycos.com [204.26.70.70]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by kanga.honeypot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 781D2B851 for ; Tue, 22 Jun 2004 08:08:45 -0500 (CDT) From: Kirk Strauser To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 08:08:29 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <1087884432.40d7cc9057e4c@www.solisix.com> In-Reply-To: <1087884432.40d7cc9057e4c@www.solisix.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Boundary-02=_Z9C2AgfNDLeg7tK"; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200406220808.41344.kirk@strauser.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at honeypot.net Subject: Re: FreeBSD Versions 4.10 vs. 5.2.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:09:08 -0000 --Boundary-02=_Z9C2AgfNDLeg7tK Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 2004-06-22 01:07 am, freebsd@solisix.com wrote: > Just a quick questions. I've been running into a few problems with 5.2.1 > not being very stable and was thinking of reverting back to 4.10. I wouldn't necessarily think of it as reverting. They're almost two=20 different (but similar) systems. > I usually run the current versions from the ports collection, such as > Gnome. I was wondering if this will be a problem? Also, what will I loose > when I go back to 4.10. Also, is 5.2.1 faster or is 4.10 faster and > more stable. =20 5.x is faster in some ways and slower in others. The answer is a resoundin= g=20 "well, it depends...". The big snag, though, is that 5.x is slated to=20 become the "-STABLE" version in the very near future, so there's a good=20 chance you'd find yourself "crossgrading" into a system that's about to be= =20 end-of-lifed. =2D-=20 Kirk Strauser --Boundary-02=_Z9C2AgfNDLeg7tK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQBA2C9Z5sRg+Y0CpvERAlp7AJkBTyu5fiUcXBrZDbevFjNNxbF9wwCgmzIu AXhaMa7Hk/t/gOpXylcCgN8= =RNHm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_Z9C2AgfNDLeg7tK--