From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 10 23:55:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA01474 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 23:55:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from silk.net (music.silk.net [206.12.206.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA01468 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 23:55:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eddie@silk.net) Received: from presario1 (kel143.silk.net [204.244.76.143]) by silk.net (8.8.5/8.6.11) with SMTP id XAA04587; Thu, 10 Dec 1998 23:54:34 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <003b01be24d3$94850ec0$8f4cf4cc@presario1> Reply-To: "Eddie Lawhead" From: "Eddie Lawhead" To: "Dragon Knight" , , Cc: Subject: Re: What version? Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 23:57:52 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I would like to apologize got the last post. I am not at my FreeBSD box and it would appear that the Stupid Spell checker on the Winblows thing changed Crist's name to "Crest" I am **very** sorry. There was no insult intended... Eddie Lawhead eddie@silk.net -----Original Message----- From: Dragon Knight To: cjclark@home.com ; zorklord@xtreme.net.au Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: December 11, 1998 12:24 AM Subject: Re: What version? >>ZorkLord wrote, >> >>> >>> FreeBSD, >>> >>> Sorry, me again. I decided to buy the CD from Walnut Creek, >>> do I want Version 2.2.8 or 3.0?? >> >>Sorry, but we don't plan on 2.2.8 coming out until about this time >>next year. >> > > >What? Did I hear that correctly? A quick look at >http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/freebsd.htm and oh, is that FreeBSD 2.2.8 I >see? Yes it is. It would be nice if you didn't spread misinformation as most >of us know whether or not it is incorrect but new users can be confused out >of their minds. I know I always was. > >I see some people have recommended 2.2.8, and some have recommended 3.0 in >this thread. I would say go with 2.2.8 unless you have some sort of >requirement that is not met by the 2.2.8-Release then go with 3.0. You can >read the release notes etc., to find some of these differences. I, >personally, have had problems with 3.0. Right out of the box it had a bunch >of permissions set incorrectly among other things. Though it probably was >my fault somewhere along the line I can't to this day think of what I might >have done. But now with IDE CD-Recorder support in 2.2.8 I am happy. > >Samuel Greear > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message