Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 11:06:52 +0100 (CET) From: Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de> To: HERBELOT Thierry <Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr> Cc: Guitargod <leon1@gte.net>, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: which release is better? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990225110501.11789B-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> In-Reply-To: <36D5174F.B52829E@telspace.alcatel.fr>
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On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, HERBELOT Thierry wrote: > 3.1-Release is out and is now the official -Stable branch > > TfH > > Konrad Heuer wrote: > > > > On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Guitargod wrote: > > > > > hello! I just want to know which of these two are better: freebsd 2.2.8 > > > or 3.0. Those are the 2 choices because that's the only 2 releases > > > available at the bookstore close to our house. > > > > 2.2.8-RELEASE is a very good release. It is very very stable and will give > > you access to many precompiled up-to-date software packages. If you don't > > kneed the newest drivers only available in 3.x-RELEASE, it may be a good > > choice. One small disadvantage is that the support for the a.out binary > > format used before 3.x-RELEASE will decrease within the ports collection > > (if you want to compile software from the ports collection by yourself in > > the future). > > > > 3.0-RELEASE gives you access to some new drivers (e.g. Adaptec 7880 SCSI > > on-board controller) and uses the ELF binary format. It is a more > > experimental release; and not all the precompiled packages and ports of > > 2.2.8-R are available in 3.0-RELEASE. You're right, no doubt, but the question dealt with 2.2.8-R and 3.0-R because of a special cirumstance. Regards // // Konrad Heuer ____ ___ _______ // Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche / __/______ ___ / _ )/ __/ _ \ // Datenverarbeitung mbH GÖttingen / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/ // / // Am Faßberg, D-37077 GÖttingen /_/ /_/ \__/\__/____/___/____/ // Deutschland (Germany) ----- The Power to Serve ----- // http://www.freebsd.org // kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de // To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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