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Date:      Thu, 29 Jun 2000 18:30:50 -0300 (EST)
From:      Ataualpa Albert Carmo Braga <atabraga@iqm.unicamp.br>
To:        "JF Prieur" <jfp51@ebeing.com>
Cc:        newbies@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 3.4 or 4.0
Message-ID:  <14683.49162.283412.678322@bico-de-lacre.iqm.unicamp.br>
In-Reply-To: <006f01bfe20f$a08cebc0$ca0a000a@ackbar>
References:  <006f01bfe20f$a08cebc0$ca0a000a@ackbar>

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on Thursday, 29 Jun 2000 17:18:53, JF Prieur wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Trying to wean myself from the M$ world so I've decided to take the
> FreeBSD plunge :-) I have what must be the stupidest question ever asked

Great. Welcome.

> but I'm confused by the different release schemes. I know from RTFM'ing
> that I should not use the current tree, but for a production
> environment, should I be using 3.4 or 4.0. I downloaded 4.0-RELEASE and
> have been installing packages from the FreeBSD-stable directory on the
> FTP sites. Am I doing the correct thing?

Yes.

> 
> I'm asking because on some webhosting sites, they seem to all be using
> 3.4 and not 4 and I was wondering if I following the correct paths.

4 is (more less) new and some people that likes 3.x don't want to
change, bud, I guess, is better for you to start from the last
release.

Ata.

PS: Sorry for awful english.

> 
> WOW does MySQL rock on FreeBSD compared to NT :-)
> 
> Thanks,
> JF Prieur, MCSE
> Benevolent Network Dictator
> e being communications inc.
> 
> The year before I was born we walked on the moon,
> now 31 years later it is considered a modern feat of
> science to grow tomatos in low earth orbit.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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 Ataualpa Albert Carmo Braga            atabraga@iqm.unicamp.br
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