Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 10:39:01 -0700 From: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> To: Will Senn <wsenn@postfuture.com> Cc: Freebsd-Newbies <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Which release? Message-ID: <395CDB35.387D7DC2@acuson.com> References: <NDBBIFJODDHHIOIDPLCNMEPJCMAA.wsenn@postfuture.com>
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Will Senn wrote: > Do I take the latest, cutting edge 5.0? Well, that depends. Do you want Tuesday's or Thursday's? I understand that Tuesday's actually managed to boot but that Thursday's wouldn't even build. We'll have to see what today's is like :-) Seriously, there is a mandatory required for using -CURRENT. It is *required* you subscribe to a particular mailing list. The CURRENT release will crash and burn on you. It will do funky things to your hardware. If you are from the Linux world, think of this not as kernel 2.3.x, but as kernel 2.3.76-063000. > Do I take the 4.0? > 3.5? Either one. For a production system, front line ISP gateway, etc, take 3.5. If you're just running it on a consumer box, or seeking to learn about FreeBSD, then go with 4.0. When it comes to 4.0-STABLE, I'm still not sure. > run back to redhat? Egads! Of course not. If it turns out that you simply must slink back to the Linux world, at least slink back to a decent distribution :-) David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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