From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 10 10:53:51 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 CB3A516A41F for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:53:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BA8943D72 for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:53:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from [IPv6:::1] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jBAArP9u039375; Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:53:25 GMT (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <439AB3A5.50809@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:53:25 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051204) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jdow References: <439AA1EE.8000801@dinpris.no> <20051210094345.GA25794@lothlorien.nagual.st> <088801c5fd76$7ea555a0$1225a8c0@kittycat> In-Reply-To: <088801c5fd76$7ea555a0$1225a8c0@kittycat> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]); Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:53:26 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.87.1/1207/Fri Dec 9 22:01:12 2005 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.1.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.0 (2005-09-13) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: 5.4 vs. 6.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:53:51 -0000 jdow wrote: > From: "dick hoogendijk" > >> On 10 Dec Nicklas B. Westerlund wrote: >> >>> Sasa Stupar wrote: >>> > Can someone tell me in plain words what will I gain if I upgrade my >>> > server from 5.4 to 6.0? >>> > >>> Better sleep during nights. ;-) >> >> >> 6.x is the future :) > > > I realize this is neither the L-word OS or the W-word OS. But the > general industry trend is that newer versions are less reliable > and stable. > > Are there some REAL advantages of which he should be aware or is it > all puff and vapor? {^_-} FreeBSD 6.0 is no less stable than 5.4. It's also quite a lot faster. If anyone is installing a new machine, the choice is a no-brainer: 6.0. If you're upgrading, then you'll have to balance the time and effort needed and the downtime for your servers against the benefits you can gain. 6.0 generally looks pretty good in that comparison. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW