From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 12 00:40:01 2004 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 6238C16A4CE for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 00:40:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out002.verizon.net (out002pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.141]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 049F643D1F for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 00:40:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.org) Received: from localhost ([68.160.149.155]) by out002.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20040612003954.CORJ9273.out002.verizon.net@localhost> for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 19:39:54 -0500 Received: from keyslapper.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i5C0dwZD089985 for ; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:39:58 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.org) Received: (from leblanc@localhost) by keyslapper.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i5C0dwhP089984 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:39:58 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from leblanc) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:39:58 -0400 From: Louis LeBlanc To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20040612003958.GF88919@keyslapper.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org References: <20040612000815.GC88919@keyslapper.org> <20040611201837.34a47cfe.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20040611201837.34a47cfe.wmoran@potentialtech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out002.verizon.net from [68.160.149.155] at Fri, 11 Jun 2004 19:39:54 -0500 Subject: Re: Version query for a new machine X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 00:40:01 -0000 On 06/11/04 08:18 PM, Bill Moran sat at the `puter and typed: > Louis LeBlanc wrote: > > > > I know nobody is going to "guarantee" their answer to this one, but is > > RELENG_5_2 reliable enough for a moderately loaded system? If it is, > > are the gains worth the supposedly lower stability? Would I even > > notice this, going from a 400Mhz to a 3.0Ghz? > > I think you'd be happier with 5 at this point. Not -CURRENT, but the latest > 5.2.1. > > You are going to have a few problems, depending on what you're doing. For > example, I wanted to do C# development on FreeBSD, and was majorly bummed to > find that mono doesn't work on 5 ... seems to work OK on 4. > > So you might just want to peruse the ports you want searching for BROKEN= > messages that refer to 5.x before taking that route. > > I believe the upgrade path from 4 to 5 is more or less a reinstall at this > point ... but wiser folk may correct me on this if I'm wrong. > > I ran 5 for quite a while on my 1G desktop machine, and the only frustration > I had was being unable to use mono. Then my HDD went up in smoke, and when > I reinstalled, I put 4 on so I could do C# work ... then (following the > rules of Murphy) I got tied up in other things, and haven't done a damn thing > with C# yet ... Isn't that always the way? Just when I get my best ideas, I get moved to another project . . . > Anyway, 5 seemed (in my opinion) to perform just as well as 4 for a desktop > system, so I wouldn't worry about that at all. Thank you so much. You've certainly alleviated my stability concerns, and I'll certainly be glad not to have to go offline a couple days for the 4.x to 5.x upgrade (I'd just wind up putting it off to the point of foolishness). I'm not so concerned about C# right now, so I think 5.2.1 will probably be it. And I'll certainly scour the ports to verify the ones I *do* want. Thanks again! Now to decide whether to change my IMAP server. Any recommendations? I'm using Cyrus now, but I suspect it may be paramount to using a shotgun to kill a gnat. I have like 3 users, and each one has a login anyway (to accomodate Samba shares). I definitely want to keep IMAP, but adding POP3 will depend entirely on the associated pain factor. Lou -- Louis LeBlanc leblanc@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ weapon, n.: An index of the lack of development of a culture.