Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:17:16 -0800 From: Pete Slagle <freebsd-questions@voidcaptain.com> To: rakhesh@rakhesh.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: 6.1-BETA 4 stable for normal use? Message-ID: <4421E90C.8000806@voidcaptain.com> In-Reply-To: <20060322084624.GA94483@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20060322050432.7801.qmail@web54512.mail.yahoo.com> <20060322084624.GA94483@xor.obsecurity.org>
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> On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 09:04:32PM -0800, Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'd like to try out FreeBSD and was wondering whether >> I should start with 6.1-BETA4 or 6.0? Its just for >> home use anyways, more as a way to fool around with >> FreeBSD a bit, so was wondering if 6.1-BETA4 would >> suffice for the purpose ... is it stable enough or >> would it give me issues? > > Yes, it's quite stable and has many fewer bugs than 6.0. > > Kris Not only has 6.1-BETA4 been rock solid, it also (subjectively, I admit) feels significantly snappier than 6.0 on a frequently used but aging desktop box* when heavily multitasking. * single 550 MHz CPU, two SCSI-3 drives, 512 MB RAM
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