From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 30 20:39:18 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 8688616A4D2 for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 20:39:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from viper4.dataraq.net (viper4.dataraq.net [209.218.168.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFDBC43D2D for ; Thu, 30 Sep 2004 20:39:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from aj@siegel-tech.net) Received: (qmail 18094 invoked from network); 30 Sep 2004 20:39:27 -0000 Received: from pcp09609084pcs.brodwy01.nm.comcast.net (69.241.168.76) by viper4.dataraq.net with SMTP; 30 Sep 2004 20:39:27 -0000 From: Aaron Siegel To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:38:57 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200409301438.58061.aj@siegel-tech.net> Subject: Re: Which Version of FreeBSD? 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: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 20:39:18 -0000 I really believe the choose would depend on your requirements and your experience. If you are new to open source Unix-like environment then you should not use either in version in a production environment unless you can afford the cost associated with learning a new system. Do not under estimate that cost. In a production environment I would recommend using a system you are familiar with administering. I hope I do not get too many people mad at me for say this. If you are seating up a file sharing server that works in a windows environment you may want to use 5.3. This version adds support for ACL, NSS (nss_ldap) , and a bunch of other stuff that I have not be able to explore yet. On Wednesday 29 September 2004 19:07, Michael G. Goodell wrote: > Which release of FreeBSD is best for a production environment? I am aware > of the different branches of development: CURRENT, STABLE, RELEASE and I > *think* I understand the meaning of each from what I have read. Perhaps not > since I am writing this question! But, what I would like to know is when I > am setting up a production system, or desktop for that matter, which is > considered *THE* most stable of the choices in versions. Is it in the 4.x > branch, 5x etc... > > Where can I get clarification on this topic - any direction would be > welcome. > > Thanks, > > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"