From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun May 28 21:28: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from darius.concentric.net (darius.concentric.net [207.155.198.79]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C70937BB9E for ; Sun, 28 May 2000 21:27:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mlduke@concentric.net) Received: from newman.concentric.net (newman.concentric.net [207.155.198.71]) by darius.concentric.net (8.9.1a/(98/12/15 5.12)) id AAA14006; Mon, 29 May 2000 00:27:57 -0400 (EDT) [1-800-745-2747 The Concentric Network] Received: from ts001d31.mer-id.concentric.net (ts001d31.mer-id.concentric.net [206.173.184.43]) by newman.concentric.net (8.9.1a) id AAA27750; Mon, 29 May 2000 00:27:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 20:25:27 -0600 (MDT) From: mlduke To: Ralph Mellor Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: is 3.4 the 'latest mainstream release'? In-Reply-To: <3931AA8D.EA98327D@dimp.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is strictly _personal_. I'm sticking with 3.2 When the guy who intro'd me to FBSD and my Unix Mentor both say negative things about "the latest and best" 4.0--I'm staying where I am. It works. It is stable. I've seen no reason to change. What the inbetweens might be I have no idea. Ideas have floated about that if one were to change, NetBSD might be the more stable way to go. ML Duke > page > > http://www.freebsd.org/projects/newbies.html > > says > > If you haven't installed yet, look for the latest mainstream release. > > and 'latest mainstream release' links to > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/3.4R/announce.html > > so it looks like 3.4 is the 'latest mainstream release'. > > most of the rest of the doc i've read is consistent with 3.4 > being the release that a newbie should install, but there have > been some minor potential inconsistencies (hence this post). > for example, one page (http://www.freebsd.org/where.html) > linked to 3.3 stuff. (i found this page via the search engine, > so maybe it's not linked in anymore by current doc and should > be ignored?). furthermore, comments on the current-stable > handbook page, plus a reasonable plain english interpretation > 'latest mainstream release', make me wonder if 4.0 might qualify. > > so, is 3.4 the 'latest mainstream release'? > > -- > Ralph Mellor: http://www.dimp.com/ralphmellor.html 615.292.2917 x2 > If I had my life over, I'd believe in reincarnation. icq# 71194896 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Digital Impact: http://www.dimp.com/ 615.292.2917 or 877.DIMP.COM > 2510 Essex Place, Nashville TN 37212 Fax: 615.269.9520 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message