Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 10:13:16 +1000 From: "David Hogan" <david@fundamentalit.com> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: FreeBSD 5.4: Is it generally unstable? Message-ID: <20050608001306.3FB1F43D5C@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi List, First of all, I'm new regarding FreeBSD, But i'm an experienced linux user who's been using the Trustix distribution for the last few years, so please bear with me. In my time using Trustix, and participating in the mailing lists, it has proven an exceptionally stable server distribution. Recently though, I've been playing around with FreeBSD 5.4 on a vmware box, and I'm beginning to think it may be the way forward in the long run. Having observed freebsd-stable@freebsd.org for the last couple of weeks, I've noticed a worrying (to me) amount of traffic regarding kernel panics, general instability etc, and I'm now posting this in the hope that I might obtain perspective on this from some experienced FreeBSD users. In my time with the Trustix lists, I don't think I came across a serious kernel issue that wasn't caused by either a lack of a preinstalled driver or a bad stick of ram. Would you say that this holds true for FreeBSD? I realise that the FreeBSD user base is a much larger one than the Trustix user base, and I could be led to believe that the vast majority of people using 5.4 arent having any problems .. it's just my general impression that "something's up" with the stability of the 5.4 release. If I were to deploy a server right now, would a seasoned FreeBSD user use 4.11 or 5.4? Anyone care to share their thoughts? Cheers, David Hogan
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20050608001306.3FB1F43D5C>