Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 10:58:54 -0500 From: Pedro Sam <p2sam@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New Message-ID: <200402191058.54306.p2sam@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <16436.4522.353718.896339@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <BAY5-DAV83NARFuuyC400007545@hotmail.com> <4033C774.2030206@daleco.biz> <16436.4522.353718.896339@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Wednesday February 18 2004 20:30, Robert Huff wrote:
> Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. writes:
> > >Where is a good place to start?
> >
> > 5.2-RELEASE. Grab the floppies from ftp.freebsd.org
> > and install over the 'Net.
>
> If this is your first installation, go with 4.9. 5.x is still
> rated "early adopter"; while nothing's exactly broken, there are
> more likely to be surprises lurking in wait for the inexperienced.
Just wondering... if one installed 4.9, would the system be stuck with really
outdated userland apps? or would CVSup be able to update the userland ports,
without changing the base system?
This way, one can get an update(perhaps unstable) userland, but need not fear
the OS crashing...
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A: Two. One to screw it in and one to observe how the lightbulb
itself symbolizes a single incandescent beacon of subjective
reality in a netherworld of endless absurdity reaching out toward a
maudlin cosmos of nothingness.
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