From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 29 01:08:56 2003 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 EFBDA16A4B3 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 01:08:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail010.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail010.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA72B4400D for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 01:08:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from anthony@carmoda.com) Received: from carmoda3 (c211-28-220-147.kelvn1.qld.optusnet.com.au [211.28.220.147])h8T88n103350 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 18:08:50 +1000 From: "Anthony Carmody" To: Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 18:13:11 +1000 Message-ID: <005901c38661$86b1ba10$6600a8c0@carmoda3> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 In-Reply-To: <20030929025157.5d005b32.b_cassidy@bellsouth.net> Importance: Normal Subject: RE: FreeBSD 4.8 v/s 5.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: anthony@carmoda.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 08:08:57 -0000 ok, i am using 5.1 for 2 developemnt servers, 1 programming workstation. i.e: not production, internal network behind firewall. so, security and stability are not critical as far as i am concerened. there is another important reason, my hardware tends to require later versions of FreeBSD, for example: i am currently supplied with late model Intel P4 systems, they need 5.1 to run hyper-threading CPUs. i hope that is some help. => -----Original Message----- => Hash: SHA1 => => I was just wondering what people on the list thought. I don't want to => know any details on which is better or whatever just in => general which is => better for whatever reasons people use it. =>