From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 6 06:14:47 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D37441065679 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2012 06:14:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unix.hacker@comcast.net) Received: from QMTA11.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta11.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.59.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 935A18FC1A for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2012 06:14:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta11.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.36]) by QMTA11.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id i5t91i0030mv7h05B61SuZ; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:01:26 +0000 Received: from [192.168.2.2] ([68.43.224.227]) by omta11.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id i61R1i00P4uzdYs3X61RGq; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:01:26 +0000 Message-ID: <4F55A834.5050302@comcast.net> Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:01:24 -0500 From: Allen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111222 Thunderbird/9.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1330390351993-5520494.post@n5.nabble.com> <4F4C8A61.5010605@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <4F4C8A61.5010605@my.gd> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Is it worthy upgrading to 9.0 ? 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: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:14:47 -0000 On 2/28/2012 3:03 AM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > This is an entirely subjective question and one that only you can answer. > > For example, given the number of problem reports I'm seeing on the > lists, I'm going to stick with the 8-STABLE branch for still a long > time, likely until 9.1 or 9.2-RELEASE. I don't think it's a good idea to let what you see on a mailing list be your end all be all of what you use... This isn't an insult or anything, but I've seen some pretty damn stupid people who try to install stuff into Swap.... And that isn't even close to the stupidest thing I've ever seen on a list. Trust me, the best way to figure out of you personally would benefit from upgrading, is doing it yourself. I use and read these lists, and I admit, sometimes, it's for entertainment value, but again, I've also received more than my share of help from people who DO know WTF they're doing. It doesn't cost you more than a CD or DVD, so why not just download 9 and try it out? I have every version of FreeBSD I've ever downloaded, or paid for, starting with 4.0 back in 2000 or so, and I am now running 9.0 on my main FreeBSD machine, and PC-BSD 8.2 on a Desktop, and PC-BSD 9 on my Laptop. I've had NO issues with any of them. So for whatever it's worth to you; I am using FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE, and I like it. -Allen