From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 8 01:22:32 2006 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 4843B16A4E1 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 01:22:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@voidcaptain.com) Received: from mx4.x15.net (mx4.x15.net [69.55.237.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C93D643D86 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 01:22:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@voidcaptain.com) Received: from j1.x15.net [63.196.213.76] by mx4.x15.net with ESMTP id 608060222X1GLV4b000GSANm; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:22:25 +0000 Message-ID: <4500C5B3.2020801@voidcaptain.com> Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:21:55 -0700 From: Pete Slagle MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jdow References: <20060906200225.GA35990@thought.org> <44FF3404.2040405@infracaninophile.co.uk><20060907000141.GA36761@thought.org> <45001A3B.70800@voidcaptain.com> <04f301c6d2de$537ab080$0225a8c0@Wednesday> In-Reply-To: <04f301c6d2de$537ab080$0225a8c0@Wednesday> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 6.1 recommended instead of 5.x for new installations [was: Efficacy vs. "friendliness"] 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: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:22:32 -0000 jdow wrote: > I noticed that FreeBSD 5.x was somewhat quicker than that to get up, > running, and up to date. I can't think of a good reason to use FreeBSD 5.x for a new installation; 6.1 contains so many reliability and performance improvements that it is the clear choice over 5.5. (Upgrades are of course a more complicated question.)