From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 17 19:30:17 2008 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 AA473106567B for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:30:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3451C8FC13 for ; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:30:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LD260-0002i5-9a; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:30:12 +0000 Received: from melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id mBHJU9Xe022305; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:30:10 GMT Received: by melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A77ECFCB841; Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:30:04 +0000 (GMT) Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:30:04 +0000 From: Frank Shute To: Wojciech Puchar Message-ID: <20081217193004.GA67422@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Wojciech Puchar , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1924707459-1229421050-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-691910828-@bxe1001.bisx.prodap.on.blackberry> <200812160114.53803.beech@alaskaparadise.com> <20081216122827.V61117@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081216122827.V61117@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p2 i386 X-Organisation: 'http://www.shute.org.uk/' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.1.7 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:30:11 +0000 (GMT) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i686 CPU Compatibility X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:30:17 -0000 On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 12:29:02PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > >7.0 is perfectly stable and is recommended for production use. It's not > >bleeding edge code. That's 8.0-CURRENT which is NOT for production use. > >Unless you have a particular reason for using 6.x I would go with 7.0 It's > >fully tested. > > nothing is ever fully tested ;) but yes, 7.0 can be classified stable. i > would recommend 7.1-BETA install as some bugs are fixed there If the original poster has fairly new hardware, then he might like to go with 7.1-RC1. This has got fixes for newer NICs and graphic cards - after all 7.0 is about a year old. If my memory serves me well, it's fairly rare to have bug fixes between the release candidates & the final release, so he shouldn't have too many problems with it. I just installed 7.1-BETA on a laptop when 7.0 was a no-go because it didn't support the NIC (realtek, I think) and the GPU (Nvidia 8600 M) using the nv driver. My advice on the i386 v AMD64 question is if your memory is 4GB or over (or likely to be in the future) use AMD64, otherwise take your pick. i386 has better support for Flash and proprietary Nvidia driver which might matter. I'm assuming the CPU supports the 64 bit extensions, if not, you have to use i386. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html