From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 29 21:34:55 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90D1B16A4B3 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 21:34:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net (imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net [205.152.59.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A088C44011 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 21:34:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from b_cassidy@bellsouth.net) Received: from bellsouth.net ([68.214.80.129]) by imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.netSMTP <20030930043452.WCVJ1849.imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net@bellsouth.net> for ; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 00:34:52 -0400 From: Bryan Cassidy To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20030929233751.1dec6816.b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> In-Reply-To: <200309291836.h8TIa3328644@anon.securenym.net> References: <20030929025157.5d005b32.b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> <200309291836.h8TIa3328644@anon.securenym.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.8 v/s 5.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 04:34:55 -0000 X-Original-Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 23:37:51 -0500 X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 04:34:55 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Two more questions. 4.8-RELEASE or 4.8_STABLE? I lost my 4.8-stable cd and need to burn another one. What is the easiest way to burn an iso file from freebsd? On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 14:34:38 -0400 "C. Ulrich" wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 03:51, Bryan Cassidy wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > I was just wondering what people on the list thought. I don't want > > to know any details on which is better or whatever just in general > > which is better for whatever reasons people use it. > > Short answer: use 4.8 for anything remotely critical such as a > firewall, web server, etc, especially if it's going to talk to the > outside world and/or uptime is important. That's why they call it > 4.8-STABLE. For learning purposes or a personal system that you don't > mind tinkering with every now and again, you might as well go with > 5.1. For what it's worth, most releases that aren't necessarily > -STABLE are plenty stable enough for normal use. They just aren't > officially supported by the FreeBSD team if you run into a snag. See > the handbook and/or FAQ for more info. > > C. Ulrich > -- > http://bityard.net > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/eQifKjx9X0nK5vwRAkpPAKCNPpuZHehVLxfsnNDfH1pD1pS1kwCePpK2 02UJPIOIm4hgtkzQRCA6tWs= =ilRe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----